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Jaida Ross, a North Medford High School alum and a shot put competitor in the 2024 Summer Olympics, is one of two 2025 Arthur ...
When Frances Tiafoe beat Germany's Daniel Altmaier in the fourth round of the 2025 French Open, he did so in straight sets—in ...
(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.
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 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.
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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Never limiting himself to one title, Arthur Ashe was an author, activist, worldwide civil rights advocate, as well as a barrier-breaking tennis player. Ashe began his tennis journey at seven years ...
Arthur Ashe balletically leaps across the grass court, his gold chain peeking from behind his white polo shirt. He serves unreturned aces and then returns low forehand volleys as his opponent ...