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Dominic Thiem Hits Back at Gunter Bresnik’s Comments

Dominic Thiem Hits Back at Gunter Bresnik’s Comments

The Austrian is "hitting" with his former coach as tennis takes a Coronavirus timeout. Dominic Thiem and former coach Gunter Bresnik are having a “hit” at one another during the tennis hiatus.

Bresnik, now a coach to Jerzy Janowicz, made disparaging remarks about Theim earlier this week, and now the Austrian has retaliated with some verbal jousting of his own.

Tennis Express

Bresnik, who said in an interview that Thiem’s father would be no more than a club coach and Thiem a futures player without him, had worked with Thiem since the Austrian was a child (thanks to Austrian sportswriter Jannik Schneider for the translation and tweets).


Thiem has responded to those comments, saying “When he complains about a lack of respect, and says that I owe it all to him, and seriously suggests that I would have been a futures player without him, I have to ask whether he has developed delusions of grandeur.”


“I did not part ways with him without a reason,” Thiem, who parted ways with Bresnik in 2019, added. “Bresnik knows the reasons and at this time I won’t make them public.”

11 Guns from WWII Still in Use Today

11 Guns from WWII Still in Use Today


They’re not the newest and most trendy firearms available, but there are plenty of guns from WWII still in use today. Here are 11 of the most noteworthy examples. World War 2 was the largest and most destructive conflict in human history and involved millions of American, British, Soviet, French, Chinese, German, Japanese, and Italian soldiers

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Road Closures, Spring 2020

Road Closures, Spring 2020

When we put out a news release like this, I do not know how widespread it is distributed.  My hunch is they need to get out even more, so. . . . We still have some bad road conditions on several areas in the state.  Some of these conditions go clear back to last year, …

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Bubba Blade Introduces New 7″ Flex Folding Fillet Knife

Bubba Blade Introduces New 7″ Flex Folding Fillet Knife

Bubba Blade
Bubba 7” Flex Folding Fillet Knife

The new Bubba 7″ flex fillet knife adds more options to the company’s versatile blade lineup.  When it comes to high-quality fishing and filleting gear, Bubba Blade knives is increasingly becoming known as one of the names to trust here in the United States. The team at Bubba Blade has been extremely busy the last few years

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Next Time You’re Confronted By an Anti-Hunter, Show Them This Animated Breakdown

Next Time You’re Confronted By an Anti-Hunter, Show Them This Animated Breakdown

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This video by the German Hunting Association does a great job of explaining the benefits of hunting in simple and easy to understand terms. Far from being the bloodthirsty animal murders that anti-hunters try to paint them as, hunters are actually some of the biggest supporters of conservation in the world. Unfortunately, this fact often

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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Sam Sumyk Part Ways

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Sam Sumyk Part Ways

The Russian says she made the decision to go in another direction. Anastasia Pavluchenkova has ended her six-month partnership with coach Sam Sumyk. The Russian said she ended things with the former coach of Victoria Azarenka, Garbiñe Muguruza, Eugenie Bouchard and Vera Zvonareva because things were not clicking.

Tennis Express

“We did a great job, but the initiative to end our cooperation, as I said, came from me," she told the Russian website Kommersant. I did this right after returning from Indian Wells. I felt something was wrong there, at the Australian Open. I did not like the atmosphere in the team, I could not open up on the court or beyond.”


Pavlyuchenkova, currently ranked 30 in the world, responded only after Sumyk had confirmed to French media that he was free to take on new work after finishing his stint with the Russian.

“Sam is an authoritative coach,” she said. “But I do not judge coaches by their name or merit. For me, the most important thing is the exchange of energy that occurs between people, not only in sports, but also in life. Alas, many coaches have a huge ego and they too often repeat the word 'I'. Because of this, problems often arise.”

Fred Bear Hunts Bear and Mountain Goat in Classic Hunting Video

Fred Bear Hunts Bear and Mountain Goat in Classic Hunting Video

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Fred Bear

The legend of Fred Bear lives on! Most bowhunting enthusiasts and archers would probably put the late, great Fred Bear near the top of the list for the greatest hunters who has ever lived. Bear harvested everything from African elephants to a Bengal tiger in India using the simplest of archery tackle. He’s most well-known

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Fish Hook, Flesh-Eating Bacteria Nearly Took Fisherman’s Arm

Fish Hook, Flesh-Eating Bacteria Nearly Took Fisherman’s Arm

Screenshot: WFTS ABC Action News
hand infection

Heed the warning: flesh-eating bacteria can do some serious damage, as this Florida fisherman found out first hand. When Mike Walton gets pricked by a fish hook, like he has so many times before, he typically yanks it out and doesn’t give it much more thought. That changed drastically after he received treatment for necrotizing

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Looking Back on the Angler Charged With Felony for Trimming Tail of a Bass in Tournament

Looking Back on the Angler Charged With Felony for Trimming Tail of a Bass in Tournament

Wood County Jail
Terry Keith Long

Cheaters never win, but does the punishment fit the crime? On Sept. 22, 2018, Texas fisherman Terry Keith Long submitted a largemouth bass to the Sealy Big Bass Splash Tour on Lake Fork. Upon further investigation, authorities discovered the fish’s tail had been tampered with, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife. It was later determined

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