Andy Murray Wins First Career Grand Slam Title at US Open

Andy Murray has had a roller coaster summer with a loss at the Wimbledon final and then a win at the Olympic final to claim gold while going through both of those on the same court. The gold was a consolation prize at best but he would have another opportunity to win big.

As the summer closes, so too does the US Open and any interest in Tennis for the remainder of the year. With Rafael Nadal out due to injury and Roger Federer getting bumped off early, Andy Murray had a slightly better chance of winning the tournament. So did his opponent in the final, Novak Djokovic. It was a grueling final between these two as it lasted 4 hours and 54 minutes. The momentum was shifting towards Novak but somehow Murray was able to hang on. Andy Murray would win the match 7-6 (10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2 and claim his first Grand Slam title.

An historic win for Andy Murray if not for personal reasons but for country. The 25 year old Murray is the first British man since 1936 to win a Grand Slam title in singles competition. The U.K. has put the weight of their tennis tradition on Murray and he can finally take a lot of that off. Murray has been to a Grand Slam final four times before this and it was all for nothing until now. Andy Murray said afterwords "Relief is probably the best word I would use to describe how I'm feeling just now... You do think: Is it ever going to happen?"

Well it finally did happen and congratulations to Andy Murray on finally claiming a Grand Slam. Nice way to finish the year.

P.S. Also congrats to Serena for winning her upteenth Grand Slam title Blah Blah Blah. Anything you haven't done?

THE OLYMPICS ARE HERE, GET YOUR GUNS!!!

The Summer Olympics are back and London plays host for the games this time around. Hey, I was shock to hear about it as well. Of course the games had their opening ceremony last night for the whole world to see... at their prerecorded pace outside of that timezone. I still hate the non-live factor of the whole thing. Yeah, Kobe and LeBron are waiving at us from 8 hours ago.

Anyway, I didn't really watch the opening ceremony nor did I really want to see it (if it was available via internet). I watched a bit of the country introductions; saw the US and Great Britain get introduced. That's about it. I wasn't interested in a over bloated opening ceremony. It's about the games and the athletes from all over the world. That's it. Sweet and simple.

I sit here now and I now listening to the National Anthem of the People's Republic of China. They just won gold in a Air Rifle shooting event. The first one of the Games. How did we lose this event? We are all about guns in the USA and it's a shame that we lost to China who can't even... huh? Oh, it's "Women's" Air Rifle Shooting? Still should've won.

Congrats to China for taking the first Gold and Bronze, for that matter. Yi Siling is the first Gold Medalist of the 2012 Olympic Games. That's a true honor for anybody.

P.S. What a second? How is shooting a sport divided between the sexes? IT'S SHOOTING GUNS, DOESN'T GET MORE EQUAL THAN THAT!!!

P.P.S. HOW SHOOTING GUNS A SPORT?!?!?!