It's one of my favorite times of year in NYC - US Open Tennis season!  I make the annual pilgrimage to Flushing Meadows and I'm looking forward to this year's trek.  In the news this week is an article about Sania Mirza, a 22 year old tennis pro from India.  Apparently, she had acupuncture recently on her right wrist injury in preparation for this year's Open.  She says she feels good going into the event, so we'll see how she fares.

http://sports.rediff.com/report/2009/aug/28/sania-mirza-nursing-wrist-trouble.htm

http://www.usopen.org/en_US/index.html

Acupuncture for... Rappers?  This week, the Canadian Rapper Drake fell down on stage during two separate shows.  He tore his ACL a few weeks ago and has been getting acupuncture for the swelling.  "For the last two weeks, I've been really going hard, getting all types of acupuncture, trying to bring the swelling down. I'm walking around -- no cane.  I'll put a brace on it tomorrow night. No one will probably even know I'm injured..."  (Hear that kids?  Your idol is getting acupuncture!)  None of my adolescent idols ever had acupuncture, as far as I knew.  So, I'm happy that a whole new generation is learning about it so early!

http://www.themoneytimes.com/featured/20090802/rapper-drake-injured-again-collapses-stage-id-1078662.html