Required Reading

• Nick at TSF tries to out-bestie me.  Sure, you secured an exclusive interview with Robbie, Nick.  But does she, despite your declarations of bestie-dom, completely ignore you on Twitter to the point that you consistently make a complete ass of yourself?  Yeah, I didn't think so.  Your friendship bracelet is in the mail, Laura.
• The Commonwealth Games are officially a complete clusterfuck.  Also, I had no idea Elena Baltacha had a compromised immune system.  Quite remarkable.
• If you're Rafa's knee doctor, I suspect that's a pretty good gig.  So why would you talk to the press?
• Show me numbers, Mrs. Landingham.  No seriously.  I want to start seeing more numbers.
• Do. Not. Move. It. To Euro Fucking Disney. 
• Great mailbag from Boyfriend.  Loved the "ball man's" Andy story towards the end.
• Another post-USO piece on Rafa, this time from S.L. Price.
• Awww...Dinara got some some coaching advice from a two-Slam underachiever.
• Non-Required Reading: Do you follow Kanye on Twitter?  If so, this is, what we in the internetz biz call, a gamechanger.
• Non-Required Watching: This has been my absolute favorite thing for two weeks now.