Monday, February 24, 2014

Marin Cilic Wins 2014 Delray Beach Open by The Venetian Las Vegas Over Kevin Anderson in ATP 250 Thriller in Delray Beach

Marin Cilic’s tennis play at 2014 The Delray Beach Open by The Venetian Las Vegas® was sizzling hot! Yellow smoke was literally billowing off of each serve, forehand and backhand winner, that Cilic hit on the blue hard Plexipave courts of Delray. Cilic outlasted 2012 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships winner Kevin Anderson, 7-6 (8-6), 6-7 (7-9) and a deciding 6-4, in a thrilling three-plus hour match to win the 2014 Delray Beach Open and according to the ATP Tour, $81,500 in prize money. Cilic also improved to no. 25 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. Cilic was the seventh-seed in the tournament that featured 32 ATP players including John Isner, Tommy Haas, and Kei Nishikori, among other top-pro tennis players. To get to the finals, Cilic, of Croatia, bounced Germany’s Benjamin Becker in the first round, wild card Ryan Harrison 6-3, 6-4 in the second round, T. Gabashvilli 6-2, 6-3 in the third…and Big John Isner 7-6 (5), and 6-3 in the semi-finals. Fan favorite Isner, reached the semi-finals for the third consecutive year at the tourney. He was coming off of an ankle injury he suffered in Australia, and seemed to move very well on the Plexiplave once again in Delray. Throughout the tournament, Isner’s issue was his composure. The big guy, Isner is 6’9’’ often played far down in size compared to his competition, smacked tennis ball’s completely out of the stadium on Tuesday and Friday resulting in astonishingly, only warnings from the chair umpire. But, that’s understandable, because Big John Isner is fun to watch and likeable, and most likely if one of us had the chance to be the chair umpire, would have been awe of his athletic ability and probably not even issued the warnings. Isner though, struggled in the first set of each of his four matches played at the 2014 Delray Open. Isner came storming back in his first three matches at the tourney, often relying on a serve that pushed 138 M.P.H. but could only muster winning three games against Cilic in the semi’s. Eventual Champion Cilic built momentum over five straight days of play to take the Delray Beach crown, and is 18-4 in matches this year with two titles won. Bob and Mike Bryan won their third doubles title in the last six-years playing in the Delray tourney. The Bryan’s defeated F. Cermak and M. Elgin 6-2 and 6-3. Andy Roddick made his ATP Champions Tour debut for the American team and won three straight matches over Sweden’s Mats Wilander 6-3 and 6-3, Mikael Pernfors 6-3 and 6-2, and Croatia’s Goran Ivanisevic 6-4 and 6-3. Prize money totaled $474,005 at The Delray Beach Open, a men’s pro-tennis ATP 250 tourney held yearly each February at the Delray Beach Tennis Center in beautiful Delray Beach, FL.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Don't look down on me...

Mojo1

Mid-morning July 9, 2009

He rewrote press releases. I made the extra call. He makes $20,000 more doing a lesser job. I lost my desk to save money for the company. He writes short and obvious. I’ve always tried to be more in-depth. Then, this reporter stuck in traditional old ways looks down on me, my $69 photo vest and the rest of my attire. He looks me down twice… The funny, obvious, and silly fact is that the clothes I have on are much more fashionable and costly then his on less the salary. Same company, yet not even a “hello” or “how you doing?” Reporters should reunite and embrace Mojo, a.k.a. “Mobile Journalists.” Just because I don’t have a desk, don’t discriminate, I once had a desk and still a productive part of a company and office life. I just go the extra yard, reach out and do the most I can for a story, I’m not worried about what my colleagues are wearing, but more about what they’re writing.

Friday, September 5, 2008

What's a Mojo?

A Mojo is the term used for Mobile Journalist. A Mobile Journalist is in short terms, "a journalist who does it all." We take our own photos, videos, writes the story, and then publishes the Multimedia remotely into use on web sites, Blogs, and for publication in magazines or news print.
Armed with a camera, and laptop, the Mojo works from the field and doesn't necessarily work from a desk. Mojos are profitable for companies primarily due to the fact they produce much more content than traditional reporters, take their own photos (so in most cases there's no need for a photographer), take their own video (so in most cases there's no need for video personnel), and don't require permanent office space. Mojos can work from anywhere.