Looking for doppelgängers is an American pastime. You watch Chris Bosh, you think Velociraptor. You see Stephen Colbert, you think Bob Saget. The feeling of a successful “call” is the best feeling us non-athletes will ever experience. It’s true glory. This is our Olympics. Our Miracle On Ice.

Being a line judge at a major tennis event ranks right up there with worlds most dangerous jobs. It’s somewhere jumbled in between lightning-hugger, bear translator, and Detroit police officer. Just putting your nose on the line every day for the betterment of the sport.

Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Mardy Fish to advance to the U.S. Open quarterfinals, but it didn’t stop Fish from talking some trash along the way.

If you’re on the East Coast, you’ve heard about this Hurricane Irene business, by virtue of it either already hitting your area, or causing forced evacuations and general worry before it hits. In anticipation of not being able to go anywhere due to potential flooding, many who expect the storm to hit them hard are stocking up on supplies…like tennis player Mardy Fish. And he knows what’s really important.

American Mardy Fish has been playing his best tennis ever of late, and punctuated his run with a win yesterday over Rafa Nadal. One would expect American tennis fans would be happy to see one of their own thrive…but apparently they’re not all so thrilled.