不出意外的，之前状态很差的roger再一次（第十六次，第连续十一次）战胜了之前状态很好的andy。不出意外的，接下去roger顺利找到他最好状态，血洗nadal和ferrer，获得了Masters Cup。不出意外的，andy在半决赛惨败给ferrer，打道回府。几乎就是今年澳网的翻版。下面这段文字很好的描绘和解释了这个奇异的现象。
The problem for Roddick in these contests is always the same: He doesn’t match up well against Federer (no one does, but Roddick really, really doesn’t). Federer is the best in the business at reading serves and blocking them back, oftentimes softly, over the net. A player with a lot of groundstroke firepower, someone like Gonzalez, can take those returns and punish them, and he can also take a few cuts at Federer’s serve. Roddick doesn’t have Gonzalez’s booming forehand, so Federer gets away with slices and chips. Roddick doesn’t return serve particularly well and he doesn’t run like Rafael Nadal, either. If he did, he might be able to out-defend Federer in rallies. While Roddick’s volleys are much better these days, they aren’t consistent or sharp enough to keep Federer from passing him. If ever there was a player perfectly designed to lose to Federer, it’s Roddick.
不过聊以安慰的是，andy，james和bryan brothers在11月31日就要开始Daivs Cup Final vs Russian的比赛，这次和三年前不一样，是在美国，在他favored hardcourt，而不是西班牙的红土场上。对他们（如果james不要choke的太厉害），我很有信心。
星期天，New England Revolution在MLS CUP中输给休斯敦。六年中四次进入总决赛，却四次被击败，难道Revs也开始有什么curse了么？
“I’ve got no emotion left,” said Taylor Twellman, after the Revs gave up two goals 13 minutes apart during the final half hour before 39,859 at RFK Stadium. “I’ve lost every final every which way you can.”
Poor Twellman，我平时没跟他们的比赛，只是从他们和chicago fire的东部赛区决赛开始看的。但是这个小孩一下子就caught my eyes。我觉得他是一个相当不错的前锋，虽然个子稍嫌矮了一点，但是技术相当好，而且射门和传球都很有想象力。他在对fire的那个精彩绝伦的夹在两个后卫中的倒勾射门是比赛中唯一的进球。
Revs最大的毛病就是过于保守，上半场领先之后，下半场一开始就龟缩防守，明显就是告诉对方我们已经满足于1-0领先。休斯敦的进攻一浪高过一浪。True，他们把握门前机会的本领没法跟欧洲顶尖球队比，但是拜托，如果你让对方有double digit的射门，不被搞进去才怪。
于是间隔十三分钟，对方进了两个球，反败为胜。第一个球完全是禁区里面漏人，所有防守球员都堆在禁区左侧，对方进球的球员一个人在右侧周围三米无人防守。于是对方一个转移，中间回身补位铲球的后卫倒地，虽然守门员作出扑救，他身后有两个队员企图用身体挡出射门，也都无济于事了。第二个丢球是对方在球场右侧45度传中，后卫被对方卡在身后，基本上没造成任何骚扰，对方高高跃起狮子甩头——进球。
其实在对方扳平之后，Revs的球员的表情就很难看了，似乎每个人都在想：okay..here we go again. we gonna lose this game again…直到比赛最后十分钟他们如梦初醒，也因为休斯敦开始回缩防守，Revs逐渐占居主动，围着对方禁区狂轰滥炸。但是毕竟不是实力高于对方一筹，再加上运气的确不好（有个射门被从门线上挡出），最后1-2的比分保持到结束也是正常。
只看这场比赛的话，不得不说输了也是这场的。不过我真得很为他们难过。
另外，以8-0开场的Celtics也终于在星期天品尝到本赛季第一场失利的苦涩——102-104输给奥兰多魔术。错过这场比赛了，据说又是第四节没打好，有几分钟一个field goal都没进。上一场对heats的第四节就是这样，不过幸好最后以一分的优势保住曾经领先十几分的胜果。anyway，出来混，总是要还的。就算big three再牛，也不可能企望他们打个84-0出来。
Till 8:15pm, I was moody and sullen… But my (and Mr. Kraft’s) Sunday was eventually saved by Patriots. A-l-m-i-g-h-t-y Patriots….
现在什么样的赞美放在他们身上都不过分。不光是10-0的纪录，还有他们在场上显示出的闲庭信步。They made everything look SO FXXXING EASY!!! It’s like those boys were hitting some balls at the backyard, not pro football, not NFL. NBC的解说员说，现在的Brady是他见过的在quarterback这个位置上打的最好的人。大白菜完全就被扔到垃圾桶里去了。哈哈。
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The question is not who can beat the Patriots. It’s who can give them a game.
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Moss knows what it’s like to be an anti-hero, a polarizing figure, an admired yet despised talent. He has lived that for most of his professional life, a mercurial, gifted athlete whose immense skills and football intelligence never have been questioned but whose work ethic and team-building skills have.
Until now. Until here.
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New England WR Randy Moss. One half: Eight catches, 112 yards, four touchdowns … and one pass defensed. That’s right, all in the first half of New England’s rout of the Bills. Bill Belichick put him in to play deep safety on the final play of the first half, with New England up 35-7, and he batted down the Hail Mary from J.P. Losman. Dude’s living a charmed life.
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Did you hear what John Madden said Sunday night during the NBC telecast? At the moment, Brady is playing better than anyone he’s seen play the quarterback position. Heck of a statement, considering Madden was a collegian and then a coach during the Unitas years, and Dan Marino, Elway, Peyton Manning and Joe Montana have come since then. Pretty rare air.
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So who will stop this Patriots team, which steamrolled the shorthanded Bills, 56-10, by scoring on every possession orchestrated by Brady’s steady hand?
Who, if anyone will make this franchise pay for going for it twice on fourth down and short yardage inside the 10-yard line? ...
And Belichick actually likes Bills coach Dick Jauron.
Just imagine what he’ll do to Eric Mangini and the Jets in Week 15.
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The 10-0 Pats are at a different level right now. Some of the plays between Brady and Moss were so ridiculously good you had to laugh, and by the time Kyle Eckel went over the goal line early in the fourth quarter, the Pats had scored touchdowns on all seven of their offensive possessions.
In other words, there’s the Pats – and then there’s everyone else.