Interesting theory about the attack against Monica Seles

This interesting article isn't about doping, but possible cheating of another kind:

https://www.tennis-prose.com/bios/don-budge-suggested-seles-stabbing-was-an-inside-job/

The author makes some very good points, and it all does make you wonder.

Hey, for over 14 years, I never thought 9/11 was an inside job either . . .

Interesting. Haven't heard of the Kerrigan attack. Perhaps that one could also have been just a "conspiracy theory" if the people involved didn't admit to being hired...

bighax wrote:Interesting. Haven't heard of the Kerrigan attack. Perhaps that one could also have been just a "conspiracy theory"  if the people involved didn't admit to being hired...

You know, the 1994 attack masterminded by Jeff Gillooly, Tonya Harding's former husband?    Yes, he and his buddy actually confessed to the crime.  If his buddy had been smarter (and never bragged about accomplishing the crime to others), it might have never been solved.  Also, Tonya Harding never confessed to prior knowledge of the attack, but most people—including me, who thought she was an amazing skater—didn't believe her.

Back then, the attack was known as "The Whack Heard Round the World."  It was covered relentlessly in the news during the buildup to the 1994 Olympics.  You couldn't turn on CNN without hearing something about it.    And then the women's short program in figure skating at those Olympics ended up drawing the 6th-highest audience rating ever for an American TV program.  Nancy Kerrigan went on to win the silver medal there, while Tonya Harding finished 8th.  It was really sad, because Tonya ruined her career by agreeing to the plot (according to her ex-husband).  She was probably the most talented U.S. women's skater ever—she had HUGE jumps, and skated with great power, speed, and authority.  It was also a travesty that Kerrigan won the bronze medal in the 1992 Olympics, when she was definitely outskated by Harding in the long program there.  If Harding had grown up in a normal home (where she would've been more stable and acquired a better work ethic), she very likely would've been an Olympic gold medalist.  

Anyway, here's one of her best performances:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOP3Dj0DraQ

This program (from the same event) is also very good, if you ignore the silly mistake she made in the last few seconds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgBpDDjZAx8

As a skater, she was way ahead of her time—and sadly underappreciated, because she didn't fit the traditional mold.

Anyway, it's a shame what happened to both her career and Seles's.

It seems that Djokovic has a ton of enemies now.      Why?

1) Now he's seriously closing in on the Grand Slam record.

2) He's shown that he's not a big fan of "vaccines," and therefore not afraid to think for himself.  

If I were Novak, I'd seriously think of getting a full-time bodyguard, in order to prevent something similar to what happened to Monica Seles.   🦹‍