[Hope 1]

goes for his 60th title tomm at age 35. Unreal. Great athlete, great humanitarian.

here's the article from SI listing the top charitable athletes;

Here is a list of the top charitable foundations organized and funded by active pro athletes, led by Andre Agassi, along with the annual outlay disclosed by each in its most recently published tax filing. (Not all the funds were necessarily contributed by the athletes themselves.)
ATHLETE CHARITY OUTLAY 1. Andre Agassi Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation $11,044,106 Funds the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, for underprivileged kids in Las Vegas 2. Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong Foundation $5,280,420 Money from $1 yellow bracelets -- plus Lance's cash -- goes to cancer-fighting and -coping groups 3. Tiger Woods Tiger Woods Foundation $1,519,999 Funds the Tiger Woods Learning Center in California and other educational and youth groups 4. Mario Lemieux Mario Lemieux Foundation $997,190 Helps hospitals in the Pittsburgh area and funds neonatal and anticancer research 5. Derek Jeter Turn 2 Foundation $742,313 Sponsors after-school programs and scholarships in New York City and Kalamazoo, Mich. 6. Alonzo Mourning Alonzo Mourning Charities $715,864 Funds after-school programs and tutoring for inner-city kids and research on kidney disease 7. Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon Foundation $573,850 Supports children's leukemia and lymphoma research and the Make-A-Wish Foundation 8. Val Skinner Val Skinner Foundation $518,646 Since 1993 Skinner has organized fellow pro golfers to raise money for breast-cancer research 9. Doug Flutie Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation $457,998 Named for the QB's son, the charity funds research on and promotes awareness of autism 10. Mike Hampton Mike Hampton Pitching-In Foundation $434,732 Supports baseball, softball and antidrug and antialcohol programs for young people


a nice quote;

"If there's a heaven, this guy is going there. His commitment to kids is beyond compare."
-- Agnostic Martyn Brewer, director of sports marketing for adidas America, on Andre Agassi.

[Hope 1]

almost forgot, good luck tommorow Andre!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tommy]

Thanks George

Naught will love this lol

[naught33]

yeah tommy, wasnt it you who said he would never win another title in his career....tomorrow is the beginning of more to come from AA, even though he will probably retire after next yr...you da man AA

[DUlrich1227]

[naught33]

AA woooooooooooooooo Agassi, ok, thats enough Rick Flair....but muller going down today!!!

[Tommy]

GO MULLER!!!!!! LOL

[Hope 1]

LMFAO!!!!!!!!

ball busting Tommy

[naught33]

ANDRE FUCKING AGASSI wins in straights beeeyotch! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO



andre primed to make a run at the open bro! dont count him out yet

[Hope 1]

Great stuff. Very happy for him.

'hope' your right naught, but I have my doubts. Very weak field this week. Only real opponent he faced was a struggling Paradorn and he needed 6-4 in the third there. Having said that by NO means am i belittlign his week--lost serve ONCE this week--that's nutty. I wonder how he will hold up in the NY heat and 5 setters at Flushing Meadows. Fat boy T Dent aint gogin too far in NY, unless they play in a bubble with fans....

two tennis masters series events comin' up in beautiful Montreal and Cinci--stakes much higher now. I 'hope' Andre comes back for one more yr--i want to see one more time at Toronto.

[naught33]

yeah, i totally hear you man, the field wasn't the best, but for AA i think it was just as important that he just play against anyone and get through the tourney without his back getting injured, he needs to work himself back into it....certainly the 2 out of 3 format is easier on him, but his conditioning is always good so i think as long as the back doesnt get reinjured he should hold up during the open....dent though is in serious trouble...because the heat is only going to get worse and the matches longer