The Chronic Consumer

A friend of mine is a huge tennis fan, and she loves Andy Roddick in particular. Andy has a website where he sells stuff to benefit his foundation, so I was checking it out today to see if there was anything there that I could get my friend. They have the t-shirt pictured here on sale for $9.99 plus free shipping, which I think is a pretty good deal, so I’m going to order that.

I used to follow tennis myself, but haven’t watched the sport in years. I started checking out some of Roddick’s stats just to see why he’s so popular (since the only guys I ever really hear about are Federer and Nadal). Turns out Roddick has only won one major — the 2003 U.S. Open — though he has been to the Wimbledon finals three times too. He’s known more for his good looks and blistering serve than for winning major championships, I guess!

Speaking of looks, I found this rather unflattering picture of him on some site or other. You’d think a world-class athlete in a sport like tennis would have a six-pack, but this looks like the beginning of a beer gut. Roddick lives in Austin, so I’m going to tell my friend that she probably would have a good chance of running into Roddick if she hangs out at some austin weight loss clinics or gyms. I don’t know when this pic was taken, but if it was recent, you know he’ll want to get back into shape before the tennis season starts up again!