Required Reading

• Venus was forced to withdraw from Toronto due to a viral illness.  Any takers on whether she plays Cincy?
• A-Rod and Sod are also hobbling.  As is Daveed.
• Tignor with some Roger anecdotes in honor of HRH's 30th birthday.
• This is just a really great, must-read interview with Dmitry Tursonov.
• On one hand, he might be a "useless jock".  On the other hand, he might not be a useless "jock".  So...I was very confused by this.
• Cracks me up the amount of press Team Robbo got while in Vancouver.  Here's a spot on Mama Robson.
• Tignor and Kamakshi talk tennis rules.
• Roger and Tiger.  So not Bestie x Bestie. 
• Interesting stuff from Milos on Grigor and Atwood.
• Alex Willis gets back to blogging.  Woop.
• Get to know a little more about Tennis Channel's Cari Champion.  She's groovy.
• Mels.  You need to talk to a shrink for a bit.
• Who hasn't wondered about the likelihood of disease transmission with player towels?
• Looks like Tignor is doing his own "Required Reading", which is great.  Curation is the future.
• Non-Required Reading:  I kiiiiind of what to do this.  But with a tennis tournament.  Also, Sarah Walker and I need to be best friends immediately.
• Non-Required Reading:  While London's youth are busy trying to burn the city down for no apparent reason, Harumi Murakami's words about the Japanese spirit in light of the earthquake and tsunamis are touching, thought-provoking, and poignant.  Also, you should read 1Q84.  Fantastic.
• Non-Required Staring at Ryan Gosling: Impossible task: Choose your favorite one.