Dick Enberg (sp?) made the comment. He did, of course, some track & field
announcing in the past including the 1987 World Championships.
Ed Koch
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Date: Sunday, September 10, 2000 3:20 PM
Subject: t-and-f: Venus/rankings
>During the U.S. Open women's final, one of the commentators mentioned that
he
>could see Venus Williams as a 200-meter runner.
>
>Also, note that the wonderfully objective computer rankings for tennis,
still
>list her as No. 3 in the world (she missed tournaments early in the year
with
>an injury). That's fair given that everyone knew how rankings were to be
>determined going into the season. But given Williams' 26 straight
victories,
>including the Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles (beating No. 1 in the Open
semis
>and No. 2 in the final), the computer rankings don't reflect reality.
>
>George McWilliams
