(This is the first part of a two-part series. Read the second part.) Arthur Ashe, his feet apart, his knees slightly bent, lifts a tennis ball into the air. The toss is high and forward.

Arthur Ashe became a star in tennis as a legendary athlete and the first African-American to win Wimbledon, the sport's most coveted championship in the world. Ashe, born in Richmond, Va.

A major overhaul and expansion of Arthur Ashe Stadium and the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center will be completed in ...

We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Arthur Ashe Stadium is the marquee court at the U.S. Open. Named for Arthur Ashe, the first winner of the men's singles tournament ...

The U.S. Open's Arthur Ashe Stadium will get an overhaul as part of an $800 million project announced Monday that the U.S.

Diverse Education has named Wiley University baseball team captain Jacob Perez as the Arthur Ashe Jr. Baseball Sports-Scholar ...

“I am a sociological phenomenon,” says Arthur Ashe Jr. He is a great deal more than that. Last week, on the center court at Forest Hills’ West Side Ten nis Club—the same stuffy club that ...

Tennis has a few of those throughout its history, and two of them won singles titles at Wimbledon in 1975: women’s pioneer Billie Jean King, and men’s champion Arthur Ashe. Long overdue as a ...

Some of the biggest names in sports took home a silver statue at this year’s ESPY Awards. The ESPYs — which stand for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly — took place on Wednesday, July ...

Arthur Ashe may have been most known for his tennis success, but it was his activism that set him apart off the court. When not winning major tennis championships and breaking barriers in one of ...

Former Missouri defensive lineman Darius Robinson was named the 2024 Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine announced Tuesday morning.

Arthur Ashe Stadium is the marquee court at the U.S. Open. Named for Arthur Ashe, the first winner of the men's singles tournament at the U.S. Open in 1968, the stadium opened in 1997 and in the ...