Your Call, 9.23

By Peter BodoPublished September 23, 2008

Larry's Half-Baked Theory of Evolution by Larry and Joyce Oates, of Benton City, Wash., won the first-place award in the sixth annual Baked, Mashed, or Fried art show at the Adam East Museum and Art Center in Moses Lake, Wash., Friday, Feb. 12, 1999. The entry shows three amphibian-looking potatoes coming out of the water, evolving into a couch potato. (AP Photo/Jeff T. Green) — © ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mornin' folks -Guess everyone will be sitting around watching China II: the Return to Beijing this week. Me, I'm sitting around waiting for Rosangel to touch base and editing a nice little piece on the Challenger tournament experience that will post later today. I suppose it makes a certain amount of sense, but the ATP doesn't even have the Challenger tourament schedule printed in its media guide (International Series events are the cut-off). But we all know that the action in the Challengers can be as hot and heavy - and feature as many quality competitors - as the qualifying for Grand Slams and Masters Series events. If you want to see the Challengers going on this week, click here. This week, for example, you can track the following familiar names in the Trnava (Slovakia) Challenger: Marcell Granollers, Christophe Rochus, Alberto Martin, and Jiri Vanek. Anybody who thinks those guys can't play a little ball is deceiving himself. Have fun, feel free to go OT, and remember, the best policy regarding trolls is to ignore them.

-- Pete