TAG: Bobby Riggs
Shortly after Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in the Houston Astrodome Battle of the Sexes match in 1973, Muhammad Ali appeared on the Mike Douglas Show as a guest and he was asked about the famous clash because King was also a guest on the same live telecast. Ali said, “I don’t know anything […] Continue to read full article...
It’s not known that the movie and television legend Groucho Marx had a connection to tennis – his son Arthur was a nationally ranked tennis player as a junior. In the book The Groucho Letters: Letters From And To Groucho Marx, there are many references of Arthur and his tennis exploits, including competing at US […] Continue to read full article...
Arthur Ashe, Pancho Gonzalez, Chrissie Evert, Mike Tyson, and Billie Jean King are champions committed to a common cause: helping kids pursue education and athletic aspirations. Now you can own some historic tennis artifacts while helping the Latin American Tennis Foundation’s youth programs in the process. Visit the LATF’s online auction this week (until October […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Billie Jean King · Bobby Riggs · Chris Evert · Greg Gonzalez · Jack Kramer · Mike Tyson · Pancho Gonzales · Stan Smith
Status: Tennis great. World’s no. 1 ranked player. Won Wimbledon in 1947 and US Championships in 1946 and 1947. Inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame. DOB: August 1, 1921 (to Sept. 12, 2009) Birthplace: Las Vegas, NV Childhood Heroes: Jimmie Foxx. Lefty Grove. George Urnshaw. Ellsworth Vines – I first saw him in 1935. Still […] Continue to read full article...
Bobby Riggs · Don Budge · Jack Kramer · US Open · Wimbledon
