USA, USA

I want to give some major respect to Andy Roddick. I tuned in to some Australian Open action last night and watched the perennial underachiever battle a first set loss and insane heat (129 degrees!!!) to defeat Novak Djokovic. Djokovic, trailing two sets to one, "retired" in the fourth set due to cramping, or, more likely, a lack of something deep inside we like to call heart. What made this all the sweeter for Roddick is that Djokovic called him out before the match, dismissing Roddick's status as a "favorite"in the tournament (or at least, I think that is what happened based on a headline on ESPN.com). Now, normally I don't like Roddick, but watching him hit the living shit out of the ball and running all over the court as Djokovic used his Boo-like (yeah, dropping some Mario Tennis knowledge on you) bag of tricks to try and stifle Roddick made me proud to be a citizen of the good old US of mother fucking A.

In other sports news (unrelated to the US), rumours are swirling that AC Milan want to sign the one and only David Beckham full-time. He has been starting (and by all accounts, playing well, including his first goal over the weekend) for Milan, who have made no secret of their designs to lure Beckham to Italy for good. What seems to be standing in the way currently is that he is on loan from the Galaxy, who want him back come March (as per the original agreement). I for one would love to see him play for the Rossoneri beyond March, as watching him in the MLS would be like watching Tom Brady (pre-injury) QB for a pee-wee team.