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Jimmie McDaniel vs. Don Budge: A Milestone Match
Don Budge (left) and Jimmie McDaniel played a barrier-breaking [...]
Hubert A. Eaton, MD: A Key Althea Gibson Benefactor
Dr. Hubert A. Eaton and Althea Gibson. Photo from [...]
Whirlwind Johnson: A Legacy of Leadership
Photo courtesy of the International Tennis Hall of [...]
Sifting Through the Stench of a Dying Democracy
In honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., [...]
Is Democracy Sounding Its Death Rattle?
Evil Triumphs When Good Men Do Nothing --- Thomas [...]
Open Letter to Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema
Dear Senators Manchin and Sinema, Republican state legislators in 48 [...]
My Osaka French Open Exit Afterthought
“The truth is I have suffered long bouts of depression [...]
Emotional Fragility Forces Osaka Out of French Open
Four years ago, Naomi Osaka displayed an unexpected level of [...]
Racism at Core of Nation’s Ongoing Social Woes
Sociologist/historian W.E. B. Dubois noted in his book, The Souls [...]
Henry Livas, Jr. (1938 -2021) – Arthur Ashe’s Nemesis (with an asterisk)
Before Arthur Ashe became Virginia’s No. 1 black junior tennis [...]