http://www.yardbarker.com/users/kinetic Recent Yardbarker Articles: kinetic en-us Just a quiz about the Yardbarker HQ office! Perfect timing for a quiz to remember all the old times in the office before we pickup and move to the city. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:34:35 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/338688 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/338688 Federer wins again! Federer completely dominated Andy Murray today 6-2, 7-5, 6-2. Murray has been looking good, but Federer is back to his old self, and had an entire day to rest. Murray's returns weren't the best, even standing way out past the base line. Federer used that to get a few angles in after putting down some wide serves. At the start, Murray looked really sluggish compared to his win against Nadal. Federer denied Murray with some powerful serves, showing that even though Murray is one of the best at service returns, Federer would still dominate. The game was definitely not epic like the last Wimbeldon match, and a bit boring since it seems like Murray didn't bring his best game. Federer pretty much cruised through it. I had a lot more fun watching the Quarters and Semis. Regardless, great game Federer! Huge props to Murray for sticking it through and doing his best at the end. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:20:41 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/329926 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/329926 Kinetic here reppin Yardbarker at the U.S Open in New York! Had my girlfriend and friends wear the Yardbarker t-shirt and hat, and we went around enjoying the tournament and talking to all sorts of people about Yardbarker. Strangely, i was only asked once about what yardbarker was, while all the girls in the group were asked many times. We watched the Djokovic vs. Robredo match at Arthur Ashe today, and it was quite an amazing game. Robredo is a quick player who really moves around the court. He rarely every let a ball get past him without getting a firm set of strings on it first. Djokovic started the first set with a loss, but a very sportsmanship move. Robredo was at set point for the first set, and hit a huge serve to the outside. The ref called the serve out, but Djokovic believed it was an ace and gave the point away. Huge sportsmanship like move, and huge props to him. His challenges were usually only when it's REALLY close, and more times than not he got the challenge correct. Robredo put up a huge fight, and Djokovic more than once gave him huge props. After that game, Federer played against Andreev in another crazy 5 set game. Federer was destroyed in the first match easily, and Andreev started making huge plays. Federer had a lot of unforced errors, everyone seemed a bit disappointed. After the first two long matches with tie breakers, seems like Federer finally woke up, but when he woke up Andreev kicked his game into high gear. They battled it out, and in the last 5th set, Federer pushed forward hard and Andreev lost a little steam. Federer to win it 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/5), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. So after like 5 coats of sunblock, and 6 bottles of water, I'm back in Long Island blogging about the great event / toaster oven. Here's a picture of a yardbarker hat in the stadium =) Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:29:30 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/317474 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/317474 This is the newest non-news around the Yardbarker Headquarters Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:44:34 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/314553 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/314553 Ten questions about the Olympic Swimmer, Michael Phelps! Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:34:06 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/314514 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/314514 How many of these 10 questions can you get right? Prove you know the all dominating Kevin Garnett! Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:26:12 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/314479 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/314479 Just watched this hilarious, somewhat true, clip from the daily show about the olympic controversies. 1. Underage Gymnasts obviously 2. Lip Syncing 3. Fake fireworks (3D rendered, not mentioned in the clip) 4. The spanish basketball team and the slant eyed gestures and the list goes on. It's pretty funny. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:05:21 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/309305 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/309305 I've always seen Kobe and LeBron being the play makers, the ones people cheer for, but then they watched Phelps win his 8th medal, look at them cheering! What a new perspective, Kobe and LeBron are real people too! Props to these two for showing their support for fellow athletes of the U.S. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:58:13 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/309197 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/309197 Just a quick pass at what I think is the most difficult olympic competitions (Summer). There's probably more and a few that supercede these, so show me your lists!!! I must be forgetting some things. And yes, they're super generalized, so feel free to break them down into more specifics with your list. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:22:51 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/305274 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/305274 Can you name the top ten men's tennis players who've won the most matches? Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:57:20 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/302732 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/302732 My top three eateries around the Yardbarker HQ. Let me also mention that E-22 Cafe SUCKS MY BUTT! Never go there, it sucks. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:19:45 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/299073 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/299073 Wasup Yard! This is kinetic here at the YB Headquarters, and I finally went through my photos from the Hall of Fame Fantasy Football Draft at Bimbos Club in the North Beach area of San Francisco, California. It was a beautiful day, and a fantastic venue. Got off of work early and headed over to the city for the event. I have never covered a real event before, other than family friend's wedding (as a secondary for fun photographer), and I've definitely never shot photos in such a dark low lighting environment. There were A LOT of challenges I've never gone through, but my trusty camera bag had all the tools I needed. I went with a 85mm F/1.4 and a 50mm F/1.8 for my Nikon D80, equipped with a SB-600 flash. I know, weaksauce, but the combination works great. I also brought along my Fisheye 10.5mm F/2.8 for some artsy fartsy top down shots. The prep work wasn't too bad, and I just had a blast. I got a little tired of taking pictures of all the athletes sitting around, so I tracked a few of the 49'er cheerleaders to give you guys a little extra to look at in this thread. Checkout all the photos in the original story, which will link back to my photostream. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:40:45 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/293045 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/293045 To: The Yard This is kinetic, going to stop my coding today at 3pm to head over to the Hall of Fame NFL Fantasy Draft in the city tonight. I'm bringing my trusty camera gear (which is weaksauce but does the job, see my other posts), and will be covering the event on the still photos side of things for the Yard. I won't be live posting, but I'll be posting the photos shortly after! Keep updated with my article posts. Hope you guys are ready for some kick ass photos ;) Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:46:04 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/292268 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/292268 This is my list of favorite NBA players. This is basically none statistical, it's just who I like to watch play and who I like to follow. Ranked from my favorite to last. Hope you like! Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:50:34 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/291299 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/291299 Here's my list of the biggest past times / time sinks at the Yard! Just given you guys a feel of what goes on during our breaks. Of course we work 100% of the time, but it's always good to discuss problems / ideas over a nice competitive game. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:39:41 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/291292 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/291292