Bad start to the week...
Bad things come in threes...* Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, was killed today in a freak encounter with a stingray in Australia. He was just plain cool, not to mention a great conservationist and educator.
* Andre Agassi retired from tennis and played his last match at the US Open yesterday. I know his time had come, but it's really hard to believe he won't be playing anymore. Tennis for as long as I have loved it has been defined by his play and personality on the court. It's amazing that he was part of the sport for so long. I'm also slightly miffed at the National Tennis Center being renamed the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Arthur Ashe gets a stadium, Billie Jean King gets the whole complex?
* They are closing the Catskill Game Farm in upstate NY. Not a big deal if you're not from there...but for kids in upstate NY it was a staple. A big petting zoo, for lack of a better description...and it's really sad that kids won't have the chance to go walk amongst a herd of deer or pet a baby elephant that's the same size as them anymore.
posted by Steph @ 6:56 AM
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