Serena Williams Sets Aside a Tennis Career … Maybe
The sports world’s job-well-done salute to Serena Williams will be staged this week at the U.S. Open in New York, not far from Broadway’s mesmerizing [...]
Major Records Set or Major Change at-the-Top in Play at Wimbledon
An intriguing mixture of tennis superstars, including Serena Williams (40), Poland’s Iga Swiatek (21), Rafael Nadal (36) and Novak Djokovic (35), and rising stars Coco [...]
Ora Washington: A gifted champion long ignored
Photo courtesy of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Over the years, the sports world has witnessed and paid tribute to superstar athletes [...]
Jimmie McDaniel vs. Don Budge: A Milestone Match
Don Budge (left) and Jimmie McDaniel played a barrier-breaking tennis match in 1940. Seven years before Jackie Robinson crossed the color line in [...]
Hubert A. Eaton, MD: A Key Althea Gibson Benefactor
Dr. Hubert A. Eaton and Althea Gibson. Photo from the NHC Library Star News Collection, courtesy of One Love Tennis. Two well-dressed physicians [...]
Whirlwind Johnson: A Legacy of Leadership
Photo courtesy of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Dr. Robert Walter “Whirlwind” Johnson acquired his nickname and a modicum of national [...]
Preserving the Image of ‘a Champion for Justice’: Arthur Ashe
Twenty-four years ago, the USTA honored the late Arthur Ashe by etching his name on the U.S. Open stadium court, an act that heightened the [...]
Djokovic Takes 1st Step toward 3rd leg of Grand Slam
Novak Djokovic, master mimic of the pro tour’s superstars, is on course to become the game’s undisputed GOAT (Greatest of All-Time). The 34-year-old Serbian superstar [...]
My Osaka French Open Exit Afterthought
“The truth is I have suffered long bouts of depression since the US Open in 2018 and I have had a really hard time coping [...]