OLD GREENWICH, CT – Tennis legend Billie Jean King has been named as the keynote speaker for the 20th Annual Fund for Women & Girls Luncheon to be held on Thursday, April 5, 2018. Billie Jean King will make an appearance and deliver the keynote address to friends and supporters of Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’s Fund for Women & Girls. The event will take place at the Greenwich Hyatt Regency, 1800 E Putnam Ave, Old Greenwich, CT 06870. Source: Digital Journal ... Read More
BOCA RATON, FL – Former Tennis Great Chris Evert will be a keynote speaker at thINK 2016, the second annual thINK conference hosted by Canon Solutions America. This year’s forum is scheduled for October 10-12, 2016. The event will take place at the Waldorf Astoria Boca Raton Resort & Club, 501 E Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432. Source: PR Newswire ... Read More
ROCHESTER, NY — Tennis legend Billie Jean King will be the keynote speaker at the 2016 Susan B. Anthony Birthday Luncheon Feb. 10 at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center. Source: Democrat and Chronicle.
NASHVILLE, TN. — Atlanta Braves legend, Dale Murphy, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the 77th annual Old Timers Banquet on Thursday Jan. 22, 2015 at the Nashville Airport Marriott located at 600 Marriott Drive. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the banquet will begin at 6:30 p.m. Source: The Tennessean.
Photo shows for Atlanta Braves legend Dale Murphy speaking in a 2012 interview with Fox Charlotte.
Tennis great Jimmy Connors will be promoting his new autobiography, “The Outsider”, scheduled for release by HarperCollins on May 14, at several upcoming book signings…
• May 14 – Barnes & Noble at Citicorp Bldg, 160 E. 54th St, NY, NY. 12:30 p.m.
• May 14 – Bookends at 232 E. Ridgewood Ave, Ridgewood, NJ. 7 p.m.
• May 22 – Barnes & Noble at Farmer’s Market, 189 Grove Dr, Los Angeles, CA. 7 p.m.
Jimmy Connors releases his new autobiography titled “The Outsider.” Through the book, Connors decides to finally let the public into the private world he created on and off of the tennis court..
Lakers legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson is reportedly part of a group looking to buy the LA Dodgers, according to the Los Angeles Times. Johnson would reportedly join with former Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves executive Stan Kasten and financier Mark Walter, CEO of Guggenheim Partners.
Golf great Greg Norman and tennis legend Chris Evert announced they have separated Friday just 15 months after they were married.
It is not know if they plan to divorce.
In a statement, the couple said only, “We will remain friends and supportive of one another’s family.” The statement said they requested privacy for them and their families.
The timing of the announcement was in part to prevent speculation on Evert’s absence at the Presidents Cup, matches between the United States and an International team of countries from every continent but Europe and Antarctica.
“I don’t think it will be a distraction,” said Robert Allenby of Australia, part of the International team. “That’s just not the way Norman is. He’s normally very private with his life. I know Norman. Next week his whole focus will be purely on what we have to do as a team and how we have to come together. He’ll be right behind us 110 percent.”
Jack Kramer, tennis legend and promoter, died of cancer on September 12, 2009 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 88.
ESPN’s Cliff Drysdale reported the death during the Rafael Nadal-Juan Martin Del Potro semifinal at the U.S. Open.
Kramer, Wimbledon and two-time United States singles champion, was the leading promoter of the professional tennis tours in Los Angeles for 60 years. He was a world class tennis player particularly known for his consistent serve and volley attack, powerful serve and forehand.
“He put more continuing pressure on an opponent than any other player I ever saw or played against,” Ted Schroeder, Kramer’s partner for two United States doubles championships, told The Associated Press in 2002. “That goes all the way back to Bill Tilden.”
Kramer was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1968. The Los Angeles Tennis Open was known as the Jack Kramer Open — the only World Tour event to be named for a player.
Serena Williams lost to unseeded, unranked Kim Clijsters 6-4, 7-5 at yesterday’s US Open semi final due to a penalty she received for unsportsmanlike conduct.
The penalty just happened to be match point.
“She was called for a foot fault, and a point later, she said something to a line umpire, and it was reported to the chair, and that resulted in a point penalty,” Brian Earley the line referee said. “And it just happened that point penalty was match point. It was a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct.”
My favorite tennis tournament is Wimbledon, held each year on the grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, England.
I don’t claim to be a big tennis fan. In fact, I haven’t paid a lot of attention to the sport since the Jimmy Connors – John McEnroe – Bjorn Borg era. However, I always follow Wimbledon with at least a casual glance because of its storied history. This year marks the tournament’s 123rd year of competition.
It’s going to be hard for this year to surpass last year’s classic, which featured one of the all-time great men’s finals in which Rafael Nadal won his first Wimbledon title by defeating top-seeded Roger Federer. The final was a fragmented affair due to two rain delays, which stretched the event to over seven hours. The playing time itself made it the longest final in Wimbledon history at 4 hours and 48 minutes.
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