Here is some bonus Web stuff, in which I veer off in two unconventional directions: tennis and women's soccer.
I spoke to John McEnroe Monday night at Madison Square Garden and Julie Foudy Tuesday in the Empire State Building, a Hall of Fame daily double of interview subjects and famous buildings.
Foudy seemed genuinely horrified by the Hope Solo controversy at the World Cup last fall, but she reluctantly agreed with my assertion it would help women's soccer among casual fans, especially male ones.
Sometimes colorfully quotable hotheads are the best thing that can happen to a sport, as tennis once knew well when its biggest star was a cranky kid from Queens.