Clark Graebner News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Part of the fun of his latest book is finding that one of America's demigods of postwar nonfiction had any limits to his craft.

Nearly every time I play tennis, I melt down spectacularly. Why do I keep coming back for more?

SUMMARY Arthur Ashe was a professional tennis player, broadcaster, author, and activist. Known for his on-court grace and low-key demeanor, he was the first black men’s tennis champion at the U.S. Open and Wimbledon, the first African American to play for and captain the U.S. Davis Cup team, and the first black man inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Yet it was and remains Ashe’s legacy outside of professional tennis for which he is most noted. He was the first and only African American to have a statue of his likeness erected on Richmond‘s historic Monument Avenue and ...

The tennis world mourns one of its greatest supporters Tony Trabert, who saw the sport from all angles as a major champion and ambassador both on and off the court, has passed away aged 90. His record of 106 match wins and 18 singles titles in the 1955 season remains one of the greatest years in tennis history. The universally popular American enriched tennis for more than 70 years as the world’s top amateur player, a contract pro, a manager of Jack Kramer’s troupe and executive director of a fledgling players association, which helped push for Open tennis. His insight for more than 30 ye...