British Wimby dream dies, and other odds and ends heading into Holiday weekend

men's final 8 at Wimby all from different nations, same as 2009...Last night on Rachel Maddow she spent 20 minutes dissecting the Nike World Cup commercial curse; must have been a slow left-wing news day...Joe Torre's old Brooklyn teachin pal Charlie O'Neill claims that Joe is retiring for sure this October. Charlie should know, his son Tim manages Joe's celebrity golf tourney and other ventures..."If you're British tennis fan, it just got a whole lot darker." Radio Wimbledon talent Nick Dye after Nadal breaks back to level the third set. "You really fear for Murray out here."...correction on Dye's broadcast partner is Lucie Ahl, not Samantha Lloyd..."It's been a good party here on Centre court, but with a strong Iberian (Nadal) flavor." Ctr court late cry fan chants "Do it for Beckham!"... MP at 2:21 into the match. It's over. "It was simply too good for Nadal today, bullied Murray from start to finish." "Disappointment for the British crowd, everyone on Henman hill, you saw the body language drop out." Beckham not much of an omen, everywhere he goes, failure follows."...they'll be crying in their pints over there.