Your Call June 21

Morning, all.  'Tis the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, and the winter variant south of the equator.  It's also the time of the sports year when all eyes turn towards Wimbledon.

Well, maybe not quite all.  Here, and at our sister site Concrete Elbow, attention has been paid to an article by Bill Simmons, "The Sports Guy," entitled "Wimbledon?  I wouldn't miss it. And I don't mean that in a good way."

Steve Tignor's already had a whack at Simmons, and I had my own things to say in the comments to Steve's piece.  But you probably know I'm something of a data hound, so I thought I'd check out some more of The Sports Guy's writing.  As a fellow prognosticator, I could only gape in awe:

On the NBA Finals match-up:  "Nobody is beating the Lakers this season. Not Boston, not Detroit, not anybody. They have the best team, the best player and a Hall of Fame coach. It's really that simple."

On the 2008 Superbowl: "The Big Pick: Patriots 42, Giants 17."

His picks for the 2007-8 NBA: (written in October 2007): "That's why I'm going with the Spurs over the Bulls in five, and that's why, eight months from now, you won't even remember that I was right."

Yup, it's hopeless for us tennis fans.  Bill Simmons knows sports.

Your Call is the daily thread specifically for the purpose of getting together on the cyber-sofa to discuss or call ongoing matches, and go off-topic if you like as well.  Enjoy all tennis-related activities!

-- Andrew Burton