USTA honors Agassi, three others for "giving back"
The evening session of the U.S. Open begins Monday night in New York with a special tribute to four athletes - tennis champion Andre Agassi, [...]
Doug Smith forecasts U.S. Open, Super Bowl winners
A few predictions as we approach the U.S. Open Tennis Championships in New York (Aug. 31 - Sept. 13) and opening day of the National [...]
USTA should follow baseball’s lead on race issues
Major League Baseball (MLB) got it right years ago when it conceded publicly that this nation's era of racial segregation had deprived a generation of [...]
Dr. Johnson Earns his Hall of Fame Wings
For only the third time in its 55-year history, the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF) opened its doors to an African American member. Althea [...]
An Unsung Hero Enters Tennis Hall of Fame
During a sports journalism career that spanned several decades, including 15 years (1986-2001) as USA Today's tennis correspondent, I often wrote about, conversed with and, [...]
African American presence in tennis tumbles, on court and in USTA offices
Fans attending both sessions of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fl. Sunday got to see the entire contingent of African American tennis pros [...]
Former tennis pro Garrison files racial bias suit against USTA
(A follow-up commentary will be published tomorrow) Former U.S. Fed Cup Captain Zina Garrison, who reached a career-high No. 4 world ranking in 1989, has [...]
No. 2 Federer remains ATP Tour’s No. 1 ‘good guyâ€
KEY BISCAYNE, FL ---- Though he’s now No. 2 in the computer rankings, Roger Federer remains No. 1 in the hearts of many of his [...]
Congressman John Lewis calls Gibson/Ashe benefactor an ‘unsung sports hero’
Congressman John Lewis paid tribute to the late Dr. R. Walter (Whirlwind) Johnson last week. Rep. Lewis praised Dr. Johnson, who guided tennis greats Althea [...]