Although the opening ceremonies of the U.S. Open, which took place last night at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, included a performance by Earth, Wind & Fire, a speech on the history of tennis from Forest Whitaker, an appearance from Mayor Bloomberg, and a few of the Broadway hits from the cast of “Jersey Boys,” [...]

With a little help from Nike, do-ragged tennis stud Rafael Nadal will debut a more “mature” court wardrobe at the U.S. Open. Mesh makes the man, as they say.
Marc Jacobs has a tattoo that reads “bros before hos.” Yeah, we kinda already figured that’s how he swung.
—Evelyn Crowley

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