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Witness to History: Andre Agassi's Collapsing Mullet Wig

Slog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

Last week tennis legend Andre Agassi made headlines by revealing that he did some speed in the '90s . Today brings another revelation from Agassi's just-published memoir Open . As BBC News reports: Former tennis star Andre Agassi wore a wig held together with pins in his first Grand Slam final, excerpts from his autobiography have revealed. The hairpiece—in his famous mullet style—had...

• Andre Agassi Admits Wearing Wig - The PopCrunch Show
• Image was everything - Not Cricket
• See the 6 articles on the same subject

Andre Agassi Tests Positive for a Toupee

Vital Signs Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

No kidding, Andre? That long-haired mullet look of yours that graced so many magazine covers back in the 80s was fake? ...The deception came to a head in the 1990 French Open final, when his toupee fell apart the night before the match, forcing him to play with the wig clamped down with hair clips. "During the warm-up training before play I prayed," he wrote. "Not for victory, but that...

• Image was everything - Not Cricket
• Agassi book says hair his biggest worry at first Grand Slam final - The Earth Times Online Newspaper
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

Agassi admits mane was a wig

France24 (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009

Former tennis star Andre Agassi has admitted the lion mane-style hairstyle he sported during the 1990s was actually a wig, in extracts from his autobiography published in British newspapers Saturday. Agassi said he wore a hairpiece held together with pins in his first Grand Slam final, the 1990 French Open final, and blamed his concerns that it would fall apart for losing the match to Andres Gomez....

• Agassi: My Mullet Almost Fell Off at 1990 French Open - SportsFilter
• Andre Agassi: I put on a wig for Open final - Mirror.co.uk
• See the 6 articles on the same subject

Results Day 2

The La Carrera Panamericana... (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

1 122 Gabriel Pérez Horacio Chousal Studebaker Turismo Mayor 11:53.4 05:12.4 05:40.1 11:20.6 09:49.6 05:54.2 0:49:50.3 1 1 122 2 110 Stig Blomqvist Ana Goni Studebaker Turismo Mayor 11:43.0 05:13.0 05:40.0 11:29.0 09:52.0 05:58.0 0:49:55.0 2 2 110 3 133 Doug Mockett Angélica Fuentes Oldsmobile Turismo Mayor 11:45.0 05:16.0 05:43.7 11:27.2 10:06.0 06:04.2 0:50:22.1 3 3 133 4 114 Lars Stugemo...

Roland Garros Day 12 Open Thread

Craig Hickman's Tennis Blog (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009

Getty I like Svetlana Kuztnetsova quite a bit, but I doubt I'll be all that tuned in to either semifinal. I'm still making hay while the sun shines. Nice to see all those Americans, especially Vania King , in the mixed doubles final Discuss. Court Philippe Chatrier 14:00 1. Women's Singles - Semi Dinara Safina (RUS)[1] v. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)[20] 2. Women's Singles - Semi Samantha Stosur (AUS)[30]...

French Open Order of Play Thursday 6/4

ATP Mens Tennis (Free subscription) | 06/03/2009

French Open Order of Play Thursday 6/4 Complete French Open Schedule Court Philippe Chatrier 14:00 Start 1 Women's Singles - Semi Dinara Safina (RUS)[1]v. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)[20] 2 Women's Singles - Semi Samantha Stosur (AUS)[30]v. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)[7] 3 Mixed Doubles - Finals Liezel Huber (USA)[1]/Bob Bryan (USA)[1]v. Vania King (USA)/Marcelo Melo (BRA) Court Suzanne Lenglen 11:00 Start...