Bouchard flashes back after defeat
Eugenie Bouchard admitted it was a "bit cruel" to be forced to sit and watch as Petra Kvitova's name was engraved into the Wimbledon honors board after her shattering 6-3, 6-0 final defeat.
The 20-year-old, the first Canadian to play in a Grand Slam singles final, had to sit in the All England Club engraver's room after her 6-3, 6-0 loss while the Centre Court roof was closed so that the trophy ceremony could be staged in the dry air.
"It was a little odd. I was in the engraver's room, so I was watching them work, wishing one day, dreaming that he'll write my name somewhere," said Bouchard.
"Maybe it's a bit cruel. She just told me to go in there. I didn't ask questions. I was in there when I won the juniors. I got to go in the Royal Box, so while waiting, I waited in the engraver's room, as well. So I had flashbacks to that time."
Center of attention
Jack Nicklaus was representing the US nicely at Wimbledon on July 4 as he sat with Rod Laver and watched Roger Federer advance to his ninth Wimbledon final.
Nicklaus and Laver have a combined 29 majors between them and if you throw in Federer and Novak Djokovic (who was playing the other semifinal), that's 52 combined majors in the house.
No flop
Brazil's star forward Neymar is out of the World Cup after suffering a broken vertebra in Friday's game against Colombia.
"Absolutely shocking," wrote Janice Hough of leftcoastsportsbabe.com. "A soccer player falling down because he was actually hurt?"
Brushed off
Olympic curling champion Brad Jacobs is reportedly thrilled police found his stolen ring from the 2014 Sochi Games.
Wrote RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: "I'm thinking it was recovered in a sweep."
Short in the tooth
Red Sox TV analyst Jerry Remy lost a tooth in mid-broadcast.
Wrote Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: "Apparently the baseball season just reached the knockout stage, too."
Hands off
Jake Richards of Vancouver, B.C.'s CKST Radio, after Philadelphia Flyers captain Claude Giroux got arrested for repeatedly grabbing a male police officer's butt: "Giroux was just taking the law into his own hands."
Sports quiz
What female tennis player has finished as the Wimbledon runner-up in the Open era (since 1968)?
Answer
Chris Everett, who has a 3-7 record in the Wimbledon finals.
Sports on 07/06/2014