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Evan King's Summer Internship is Better Than Yours

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July 7th, 2011 at 9:36 PM
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Evan King's Summer Internship is Better Than Yours

Michigan's top singles player Evan King is spending this week as one of three college players serving as practice players for the US Davis Cup Team in Austin, TX. The team (Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish, Bob and MIke Bryan, and Captain Jim Courier) are preparing for their quarterfinal match versus Rafael Nadal and Spain July 8-10 in Austin.

King is writing a blog chronicling his experiences. The first two entries are chock full of insights into what goes into elite level tennis training. In addition, there's a good anecdote about the impromptu hot dog eating contest that Roddick arranged for "The Rookies" to participate in at his house. I guess that's a small price to pay to get to hang out in the backyard of Roddick and Brooklyn Decker.

Having a Davis Cup in Andy Roddick’s home town definitely has its benefits. On the Fourth of July he invited the whole team, (including us rookies), and a bunch of his friends over to his house for a barbeque.

Even though Andy’s house was the biggest house that I have ever seen not to be on MTV Cribs, it was not all great. After our morning practice, the whole group was watching Sportscenter. On the bottom line were the results of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. Joey Chestnut won by eating 62 dogs and buns in 10 minutes. That struck up a conversation about how many hot dogs we all could eat.

Then Andy had a light bulb moment and said, "Why don’t we make the hitting partners have an eating contest?" Everyone seemed to love the idea except for us three. Andy decided that the contest was going to happen so after the second practice he went and bought all of the necessary supplies.

As we were going to Andy’s house, I was feeling decent about my chances. It was a tough day of practice so I was pretty hungry, and I like hot dogs. It seemed like a win-win situation. About 30 minutes into the barbeque Andy yelled over everyone, "Will the participants of the hot dog eating contest please report to the hot dog eating station!"

Andy had set up tables in his back yard with about 40 dogs and buns. Literally everyone at the barbeque including Andy’s wife, Brooklyn Decker, came to the back to watch us eat. Five people were entered (most were forced into entry) and the competition was a race to see who could eat five dogs and buns in the least amount of time.

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July 7th, 2011 at 9:39 PM
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I don't know about that, I

I don't know about that, I had to clean two weeks worth of dog shit off of Rick Nash's lawn a few days ago....pretty glamorous life I'm living.

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July 8th, 2011 at 8:32 AM
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You're definitely my favorite MGoPersonality

The Trailer Park Boys is a show everyone needs to check out.

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July 7th, 2011 at 9:52 PM
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Ooo

I wonder if he got to talk to Brooklyn Decker at all.

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July 7th, 2011 at 9:59 PM
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who cares about talking to

who cares about talking to her...

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July 7th, 2011 at 10:21 PM
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The U.S. has a Davis Cup team?   There are still U.S. men who compete at an international level in tennis?  

 

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Cool summer for Evan King.

No /s.

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July 7th, 2011 at 10:21 PM
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Very cool read, thanks for

Very cool read, thanks for the link.

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July 7th, 2011 at 11:19 PM
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Thanks for posting this. I didn't realize we had a top men's player. Hopefully I can catch some matches on the Big 10 network next year.

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July 8th, 2011 at 12:15 AM
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One thing

Nadal is taking time off and will not be playing for Spain this time around

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July 8th, 2011 at 12:46 AM
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Not cool. We have already had

Not cool. We have already had 23 days over 100 degrees with no relief in sight. There were not even any fireworks for the 4th of July due to extreme drought. Could not imagine having to play hours of tennis outside.

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July 8th, 2011 at 12:48 AM
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It's indoors

Frank Erwin Center

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