Big ups to Serena Williams for winning the US Open this past weekend.   She performed magnificently and the best part about it was seeing the pure joy in her eyes and on her smile as she jumped up and down for joy after the final point.   It was back to the basics of pure sport, competition and the joy of accomplishment. 

In this day and age of controversy, sterioids, gambling and the likes, between some of what I have seen when Tiger won his last match despite torn knee ligaments, this summer with some of the Olympics and this US Open Championship, the kid in me was satisfied with the genuine love of sport and competition.