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The weather remains unpredictably rainy the next few days in Paris.

"Sometimes they put athletes in [Playboy]," said the Bible-studying Georgian Harkleroad. "Like [swimmer] Amanda Beard, or [volleyball player] Gabriella Reece. So I'll be the first tennis player ever. That's kind of cool. I really didn't think it was that big of a deal. I'm proud of my body. I stay in shape and try to stay fit. I'm just trying to represent a female athlete and her body. That can be sexy too."

Now another former No. 1 and French Open champ, Carlos Moya, has to wonder how much time he has left after a first-round exit in five sets to unheralded Eduardo Schwank.

A few days ago the Celtics did something that they had not done in the playoffs - they lost at home. Last night they continued their walk on the wild side by again doing something they had not done in these playoffs - they won on the road defeating the Detroit Pistons 94-80.

The Celtics road win puts them back in control and in a good position for the rest of the playoffs. The worst they can do is come back from Detroit tied 2-all, a decidedly better fate then if they had lost last night…

Rafael Nadal has never, ever lost a best-of-five set match on clay. Never. The Spaniard has a perfect 34-0 mark in his career in best of five matches on the dirt, but that fact is not the only reason I’m making him my pick to win a fourth straight French Open.

The answer is most probably yes. Detroit managed to do something that no other team has done to the Celtics during the playoffs. They beat them at the TD Banknorth Garden. Now for the Celtics to take the Eastern Conference Finals they need to do something they have yet to do in these playoffs - win on the road. It is starting to look like Detroit in 6 or 7.

A lesson that the Celtics should take from the New England Patriots. The regular season accomplishments become meaningless if you do not win in the playoffs…

The French Open draws are finally out. I won’t go into my picks just yet, but I will say it looks good for the top players Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

Speculation is that Tiger Woods will return to golf after successful arthroscopic knee surgery in April at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin Ohio next week. There is, however, no confirmation from Tiger’s camp on this. The next event that he is scheduled to compete in is the U.S. Open (June 12-15) according to his web site.

Baseball Draft: 2nd Round of the 1989 June Draft - Baseball-Reference.com I have cleaned up a number of issues with the draft data and now have some additional features. Compensation and supplemental picks are all now notated. We also went back and handled the ninety or so voided picks or picks where a team didn’t make [...]

"The ATP, as ever, bumbles on in its own fashion, assuring everyone who is bothered to listen that all will be well, while producing publicity material, posters and the like, that appear to have been formulated by someone devoid of the least understanding of what the game is about."