What happened to Tom Platz? Remember the old Muscle & Fitness Magazines with his legs?

For those of you who do not know Tom, I have added his picture below.

I just read Wikipedia on Tom and it said that he now lives in Scottsdale Arizona and supplements his income as a salesperson at Airpark Chrysler Jeep.

I cannot believe it. The famous Tom Platz is a car salesman. Poor Tom. Goes from the famous story of showing up in Southern California with $50 in his pocket and being an Olympia contender to being a car salesman. Thanks Joe Weider. I guess you got all the money.

Playing a better tennis player can be rather frustrating. I have been playing a much more advanced tennis player and now am looking for some ideas on what I need to do to improve my game.

Here is what I have come up with:
1. Hit to the opponents opposite hand.
2. Hit at his feet.
3. Hit directly at him.

I have searched through YouTube.com looking for tips on Advanced tennis and have not seen anything really useful yet.

Another important tip is to tire your opponent out. I have found this is a hard lesson to learn. After volleying so long with people, I find myself in match playing hitting to them. I have to constantly remind myself to hit AWAY from my opponent. Make them run. Once they are on the run, this opens up the door for so many options.

Second Serve. I have found this is the most important part of my game. I rarely practice my second serve. I am rather optimistic and always feel that my first serve will go in. Unfortunately this is true for only half of the time. After my missed first serve, he can poach the second serve and normally place it anywhere he wants. Which in turn makes me run like heck trying to catch up with the ball. I can generally get the first shot, but after that I am dead meat.

Mix it up. I have found this really works. Try to hit one ball soft and the next ball hard. Vary this throughout your match. You will keep the opponent wondering when a hard ball is coming and when a soft one is. You also have to be careful and disguise these shots. Don’t over emphasize this disguise either as it will only make you look ridiculous out there.

Who would have thought TMZ would just come out of nowhere and prove to be such a force. I first heard about them while watching Entourage.

Turtle mentioned seeing something on TMZ.com. Now they are uncovering bank bailout excesses, Chris Brown arrests, Rihanna pictures.

I did try to watch their TV show. I am not sure whether it is still on tv or not. But that was definitely unwatchable.

What do you think of TMZ? Is it too over the top for you or do you like reading about all of this gossip?

Who would have thought a 18th seed would knock off top seeded Justine Henin at Wimbledon.

Marion Bartoli is a Frenchwoman who was seeded 18th and is only 22 years old. Henin was our top pick and we were looking past Bartoli to the next Williams matchup against Venus.

Let’s hope Venus doesn’t just crush her in the finals.

Who else feels a little bit uncomfortable watching Raphael Nadal play tennis with him wearing those capri pants?

Maybe it is a European thing and I should let it slide. The guy is definitely a good tennis player (consistently ranked #2 by ATP), but please Raphael, get with the program. You have worn those pants for a number of years and no one is mimicking you on either the tennis court on in real life.

While watching Wimbledon I was looking for stadium shots of Camille Neviere. Is she still dating Marcos Baghdatis?

For those of you unfamiliar with Camille Neviere, she is the model girlfriend of Baghdatis.

Marcos lost in the quarter finals and was easily outmatched by Rafael Nadal. Too bad Baghdatis didn’t win, we would love to find more pictures of his girlfriend Camille online.

All of the websites we found are just supplying old pictures. We have a nice picture of Camille below in a bikini.

Who was watching the Australian Open and saw Baghdatis girlfriend? Her name is Camille Neviere and she is the hotest girl we have seen in a long time.

Guaranteed she will get a modeling contract from all the press she received from the Australian Open. The camera men loved her too. Espn had two camera’s on her the whole time.

Also, what is she doing with Baghdatis? That guy is ugly. Then again, she is only 18 years old.

We wish her the best in her future modeling career.

Brother Ralf and Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello both criticized Michael Schumacher after Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix. In the final laps Michael overtook Barrichello for seventh place and almost hit Ralf’s Toyota as they went for the finish line. The other two drivers were not impressed with Michael’s driving.

“He (Michael) should have switched on his brain before trying that move,” Ralf told German television regarding his brother’s stunt as they headed for the line. “One millimetre more and one of us could be dead. Sometimes he’s just not right in the head.”

It’s not uncommon for Ralf to speak out against Michael but rarely does Barrichello have anything negative to say about his teammate. However, the Brazilian said he had words with Michael and Ferrari team principal Jean Todt.

In Michael’s words:
“Everything that could go wrong seemed to go wrong at the beginning.
I got stuck behind the Minardi that blocked the track and then I had
to pit to change the nose on the car. It is clear when you look at
the times that we had a very competitive race pace. It is a shame
that we were not able to get the most out of it. But, given
everything that happened, I have to be reasonably happy with my two
points. As for my move on Rubens, we are all here to race and I did
not think there was much risk involved in the move.”