(Bud Collins, by the way, falls in the Jim McKay/Mel Kiper genre of "broadcasters dethawed for single events. He spends the rest of his year safely ensconced in a freezer in Landover, Maryland, sandwiched between Dick Button and a nice rack of lamb.)
The comparison we have in mind is between Bjorn Borg and Roger Federer, one the British press seems bound and determined to make stick in the minds of the public. Federer's already got 12 Grand Slam titles at the age of 25, one ahead of Borg's total of 11 at the age of 26. Federer's behind in two departments, though.
First: cheese-alicious endorsements:
And second, amazing adventures with wet t-shirt contest winners: (link goes to Nerve.com, which you may not want your employer to see. Proceed with caution.)
His first marriage, to the tennis player Mariana Simionescu, failed when he met a seventeen year old while judging a wet-T-shirt competition and fathered her child.Well, when they ask you if you're ready for the responsibilities of being a wet t-shirt contest judge, you better mean it when you say yes. Bjorn certainly did.
