Consolidated Break

 Trouble: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/dec/23/max-purcell-to-miss-australian-open-after-accepting-ban-for-anti-doping-breach

 Impressive year for the Americans on tour. https://www.atptour.com/en/news/americans-feature-next-gen-atp-finals-presented-by-pif-2024

 Wowzers.. https://www.atptour.com/en/news/fils-tien-jeddah-2024-friday

   In tennis, the handshake at the end is a moment to snap out of it and appreciate the competition. The one on one time often produces memorable emotions.  In college football, the coach's handshake at the end embodies the same moment of clarity, and also produces some hilarious scenes.  At the end of the Maryland v PSU game yesterday, it looked like Mike Locksley of MD was going to wrestle James Franklin. Franklin broke away, but not without shouting, "if that's the way you feel then fine." You can't take those two anywhere.  At first, the meeting of Florida's Billy Napier and FSU's Mike Norvell looked even more heated than Locksley and Franklin's. Norvell initially rejected the handshake to focus on Napier's players trying to plant their flag at midfield, at the very same moment.   But this handshake became perhaps the most layered in history. Napier chased after Norvell, along with everyone's state troopers in tow. He actually gets Norvell ...