Maybe I’ve been too tough on the French & the Russians. Here’s a story about Marat Safin at the French Open:
Safin was still annoyed about being penalized a point for dropping his shorts early in the fifth set Thursday.
“I felt it was a great point for me,” the former U.S. Open champion said. “I felt like pulling my pants down. What’s bad about it?”
To celebrate a drop shot he hit for a winner, Safin grabbed his shorts, pulled them down to his thighs and leaned over. The crowd cheered and laughed.
“Nobody complained,” Safin said. “Everybody was OK. It wasn’t like really bad.”
There’s also a pretty interesting article about the two faces of Vladimir Putin in this week’s BusinessWeek. I’d link to it, but it’s premium content and you need to be registered.