Upset for the Ages
Touré is a columnist for The Daily Beast. He's also an NBC contributor and the author of Never Drank the Kool-Aid, Soul City, and The Portable Promised Land. He is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, was CNN's first pop culture correspondent, and was the host of MTV2's Spoke N Heard. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker and the New York Times.
A tournament full of surprises ended with the biggest one of all-an unknown Argentine, Juan Martin del Potro, stopped the championship machine Roger Federer in a five-set thriller. Pop culture critic-and tennis buff-Toure takes in the scene.
Del Potro Wins U.S. Open
In case you missed it: Last night, 20-year-old Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina trampled the mighty Roger Federer, stealing the men's U.S. Open title. If only del Potro would show some emotion...
Do Bold Outfits Win Matches?
Touré is a columnist for The Daily Beast. He's also an NBC contributor and the author of Never Drank the Kool-Aid, Soul City, and The Portable Promised Land. He is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, was CNN's first pop culture correspondent, and was the host of MTV2's Spoke N Heard. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker and the New York Times.
On Day 11 of the U.S. Open, The Daily Beast's Touré tests his tennis theory-the loud shots and sartorial flair always win out-on the del Potro-Cilic quarterfinal.
Tennis' Famous Fans
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Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell were just two of the stars who sat down to take in the action at this year's U.S. Open. VIEW OUR GALLERY of the famous tennis fans in the stands.
Nadal's Head Game
Gail Sheehy is an American writer and lecturer, most notable for her books on life and the life cycle. She is also a contributor to Vanity Fair, and can be found at gailsheehy.com
Rafael Nadal sported a familiar new 'do at the U.S. Open-"the Roger." The Daily Beast's Gail Sheehy asks: Is he taking his rivalry with Federer to a higher level?
Gail Sheehy's U.S. Open Photo Diary
Gail Sheehy is an American writer and lecturer, most notable for her books on life and the life cycle. She is also a contributor to Vanity Fair, and can be found at gailsheehy.com
Roger Federer breezed through the second round, Venus powered through her injury, and Rafa is back in form. VIEW OUR GALLERY of Gail Sheehy's day at the U.S. Open.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Lee Siegel has written about culture and politics and is the author of three books: Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination; Not Remotely Controlled: Notes on Television; and, most recently, Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob. In 2002, he received a National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism.
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Gerald Posner is The Daily Beast's Chief Investigative Reporter. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, ranging from political assassinations, to Nazi war criminals, to 9/11, to terrorism. His latest book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power—A Dispatch from the Beach, was published in October. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Trisha Posner.
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
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