Upstart knows football

Julie Coin might be participating in her first U.S. Open, but she's not unfamiliar to American sports, even though she was born and raised in France.

Coin, who pulled off the biggest upset in the Open era when she ousted top-seeded Ana Ivanovic on Thursday at Arthur Ashe Stadium, follows football thanks to her time as a student at Clemson.

"Yeah, yeah, I was watching every game," she said after her 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 shocker. "My first year, I couldn't understand American football, so someone had to explain to me all the rules."

Coin played tennis at Clemson, so she would find herself near the football team in the weight room or around campus. She also developed a healthy hatred for the University of South Carolina, the Tigers' chief in-state rival.

"Sometimes we play some teams we don't like," she said. "I guess the school makes them like not liking them, like USC. When we get to Clemson, they're like, 'OK, you don't like USC.' Why? Because that's like this, you don't like the chicken, whatever. So that's how they teach us. And you start liking football, too. It's fun."

And confusing.

• FILM PREMIERES HERE -- Robert Cochrane has been waiting for this moment: Now, Las Vegas can see what the local filmmaker has spent the past several years developing.

Cochrane, featured in a column this year by the Review-Journal's Ed Graney, will have his "Boys of Summer" documentary premiered Sept. 5 to 11 at the Galaxy Theaters at Neonopolis, 450 W. Fremont St.

"Boys of Summer" follows Cochrane and his father, Dan, through a two-month, 20,000-mile trip to all 30 major league ballparks to bring awareness to Parkinson's disease. Dan Cochrane suffers from Parkinson's.

Half the proceeds from the premiere will benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's research.

• MOVING DAY -- The former Seattle SuperSonics formally moved into their new Oklahoma City home Friday, as the first trucks rolled into town carrying furniture, equipment and other items. Three trucks arrived at the team's headquarters, and the first thing off the truck was a basketball with the NBA logo.

"It was a nice touch, wasn't it?" said Pete Winemiller, a vice president for guest relations who helped oversee the move.

Winemiller said the move will involve about 60 truckloads and be done by the end of September. He said 10,000 pounds of equipment and furniture were in the Friday load. The first items off-loaded were five office chairs and a 50-inch flat-screen television.

"This is one of our bigger loads, and so we're happy to have all of this equipment here so we can really get rolling," Winemiller said.

• BUBBLE BURSTS -- The paint on Arizona State's new $8.4 million indoor football practice facility barely was dry when strong winds tore the roof and caused damage during a storm Thursday.

Dubbed the "Dennis Dome" in honor of Sun Devils coach Dennis Erickson, the practice bubble had been open for a few weeks when the storm deflated the roof and caused $1 million in damage.

Arizona State will have to practice outside, as the new facility will require several months to repair. The guess is it won't impact the Sun Devils' preparations for their Sept. 13 game against UNLV.

COMPILED BY STEVE CARP REVIEW-JOURNAL