To Madrid, the capital of Spain, for the GeoQuiz. Name the venue for the Madrid Open tennis tournament. It looks like a big cube with a roof that slides off almost magically. But the real novelty is the blue clay court.
As the players ended the first week of the U.S. Open, many familiar faces moved on. Amy Eddings, host of “All Things Considered” on New York Public Radio, was at the U.S. Open on Sunday. She wraps up all the weekend’s action.
The U.S. Open began yesterday, and a number of storylines are appearing. Diane Pucin is a sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times, and she’s in New York following the Open. She helps us take a look at the week’s big matches.
Sports: Rafael Nadal dominates tennis, Lakers lose
Winning his fifth French Open title, Rafael Nadal proved once again that the courts of Roland Garros belong to him. The Takeaway’s sports contributor, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin has the details of the match, and he recaps NHL and NBA games as well.
