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This years Wimbledon tennis tournament hadnt even started when the first clothing controversy erupted.It began early last week, during the qualifying rounds leading up to the tourney, when several Nike-outfitted female players wore wispy dresses that looked a lot like nighties. Nike reportedly had about 20 players return the dresses for alterations before the tournament started, but early-round matches still showed the dress design not leaving much to the imagination, and several players werent happy with it.Apparel scandals are nothing new at Wimbledon, whose infamous dress code almost dares players and their outfitters to push the envelope to get attention. By this point the annual dust-ups over this players underwear or that ones headband almost seem like a choreographed dance.The most notable aspect of the Wimbledon dress code, of course, is that all the players must wear white. That dates back to the late 1800s, when it was considered unseemly for women to perspire, and they didnt want women to have big, visible sweat stains, said Karin Burgess, editor of the tennis fashion website Tennis Identity. Then the men started wearing white for the same reason, and it became the rule.Interestingly, if you look through the Wimbledon photo archives, you can see lots of players violating the all-white rule. So was the dress code less stringently enforced at certain points?I think there are a lot of violations that we dont know about, where the player is basically told, behind the scenes, You cant wear that or Dont wear that again, said Burgess.With that in mind, heres a selective timeline of notable moments in frowned-upon Wimbledon attire. Some were cited as official dress-code violations; others just raised peoples eyebrows (and maybe their blood pressure).1920s: Suzanne Lenglen creates a sensation by playing in sleeveless tops, which are unheard of for women at the time. People also mutter about her orange headband.1949: Gussie Moran almost causes an international incident by wearing a short skirt that exposes her lace undies on the court. The Earth wobbles slightly on its axis but somehow manages to keep spinning.1958: Another underwear scandal, this time involving Karol Fageros, who has the temerity to wear gold lamé undies on the court. Tournament officials ban her from match play until she switches to white.1972: Rosemary Casals wears a purple-and-white designer dress that is judged to be in violation of Wimbledons dress code, and shes forced to change into plain white attire.1979: Linda Siegel sets the Wimbledon record for the most cleavage displayed on the court, thanks to a low-cut dress. She loses in the first round to Billie Jean King, thereby sparing tournament officials the trouble of telling her to wear something more appropriate for her next match.1985: Anne White lives up to her surname by wearing a solid-white bodysuit (and a purple headband for good measure), which is technically within the rules but is nonetheless viewed as a serious breach of protocol. When her first-round match against Pam Shriver is suspended due to darkness, chair umpire Alan Mills instructs White to wear something more suitable when the match resumes the next day. She complies -- and loses.1988-91: Andre Agassi, whose style doesnt quite fit the Wimbledon mindset, skips the Championships for three years, publicly stating that the tournaments dress code is too stodgy for him. (He relents in 1991 and wears the requisite white, then wins the tournament in 1992.)2007: Tatiana Golovin dares to wear red underwear, prompting much consternation and debate. But since her undies dont extend below the bottom of her skirt, they are grudgingly deemed acceptable.2012: Radek Stepanek arrives at Centre Court for his third-round match against Novak Djokovic and is promptly told that his sneakers -- a mix of red, white and blue -- will have to be changed before he can play.2013: Roger Federer wears orange-soled Nike sneakers for his first-round match. Tournament officials, apparently looking to set a new standard for pettiness, rule the orange soles to be a dress-code violation, so Federer switches to a white-soled design for the rest of the tournament. Naturally, this prompts a sales run on the orange-soled model, which was probably what Nike had in mind all along.2015: The policing of Wimbledon apparel reaches its logical apotheosis, as Nick Kyrgios receives a citation for wearing -- wait for it -- an official green-and-purple Wimbledon headband on the court. Play resumes after Kyrgios obligingly turns the headband inside out, revealing its white underside.And so on. Those last few incidents reached such absurdist heights of self-parody that the question has to be asked: Is it time for players to stage some sort of color-saturated revolt just to save Wimbledon from itself? It may sound far-fetched, but think about it: If most of the players showed up in non-white outfits, its not as though the higher-ups would just cancel the tournament, right? Theyd have little choice but to give in.It seems possible -- maybe even probable -- that Nike and the other outfitters are already planning for such a scenario. Imagine it: Color Rush at the Championships.Would you like to nominate a uniform or uni element to be showcased in a future Friday Flashback installment? Send your suggestions here.Paul Lukas never wears white, because he knows hed end up with a pizza sauce stain inside of five minutes. 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Ancelotti says Ronaldo has recovered from a hamstring injury but "but he doesnt feel comfortable yet so we wont risk him." Madrid is third in the Spanish league, six points behind leader Barcelona, going into Saturdays game against Valladolid. Swell Waterfles Nederland . -- Brandon Jennings made the most of his first game with the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night. Swell Waterfles Kopen .com) - Yankee Stadium is the home of the Bronx Bombers, but on Sunday afternoon it will open its gates to host the latest addition of the Hudson River Rivalry. MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Erik Spoelstra took the first matchup with his former assistant.Tyler Johnson matched his season high with 22 points, Dion Waiters added 15 and the Miami Heat snapped their two-game losing streak with a 90-81 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night.The game was the first that matched Spoelstra against first-year Memphis coach David Fizdale.With a number of Heat players on the injury list, Johnson provided a boost for Miami, particularly in the first half.Hes being aggressive where we need him to be aggressive, Spoelstra said. Hes an example of the ball finding energy, but the ball has to move to find that energy.James Johnson added 13 points and Josh Richardson finished with 12 for Miami.Mike Conley, who came off the bench, led Memphis with 16 points but shot only 5 of 15 from the field. JaMychal Green finished with 14 points for Memphis, which played without reserve Zach Randolph following his mothers death and had its six-game winning streak snapped.The Heat played without a number of players due to injuries. The latest was point guard Goran Dragic, who missed the game because of a sore left elbow. He joined Wayne Ellington, Willie Reed and Justise Winslow on the Miami injured list.Miami made up for the personnel shortage by hitting 12 of 31 outside the arc and forcing 18 turnovers, leading to 23 points. The Heat jumped to an early lead, built it to as many as 17 and led from start to finish.We were a little behind the eight-ball with Goran being out, Tyler Johnson said. Everybody did what they were supposed to do in order for us to get out of here with a win.Miami used 3-point shooting in the third quarter, hitting six of its first nine long-distance shots. That helped the Heat build their biggest lead to 17 before a 71-57 lead into the fourth.Meanwhile, the Memphis offense, which seemed out of sync most of the night, continued to sputter. Memphis never got closer than eight points in the final quarter.Their speed really impacted us, Fizdale said. We never got organized. We never had a toughness about us. We didnt play with the attitude that wevee had over the last six games, especially defensively.ddddddddddddTIP-INSHeat: In announcing Dragic would not play, Spoelstra said the guards elbow is just not getting better. ... C Hassan Whiteside recorded a block in the first quarter, his 44th consecutive game with a block. He finished with two blocks. Whiteside, who had 12 rebounds, has led the Heat in rebounding in all 15 games this season.Grizzlies: Conley not starting was because of minutes management, not disciplinary or injury-related. ... Rookie G Andrew Harrison, who started his third game of the season, missed all eight of his shots in the game, but finished with seven assists. ... Marc Gasol had a season-high five blocks, but only one rebound.PLAYING THROUGH PAINWaiters was questionable with a lingering right groin injury, but started. To be honest, Im about 60 percent out there. I feel like my team needs me, he said.If the injurys not killing me . Im going to battle through it. Im going to fight. Thats who I am.NO Z-BOThe team granted Randolph an indefinite leave of absence after the death of his mother, Mae Randolph, on Thanksgiving Day. Zach and his mother had an inseparable bond, Grizzlies General Manager Chris Wallace said in a statement released by the team. Mae was so fiercely proud of her son, his accomplishments and his truly special place in the hearts of Memphians and the Grizzlies family. Conley said: I called (Randolph), and we cried on the phone together. It was emotional, and that doesnt leave you in 24 hours.HELLO OL FRIENDFizdale served as a Miami assistant for eight years. There were plenty of hugs, handshakes and receiving lines of well-wishers for Fizdale, including after the game.UP NEXTHeat: Return home Saturday night after a four-game road trip to face the Grizzlies.Grizzlies: Memphis will play its fourth straight game against an Eastern Conference opponent when it faces the Heat on Saturday. The Grizzlies are 3-0 this season on the second night of a back-to-back. ' ' '