TAG: Jimmy Connors

Next week Novak Djokovic begins his conquest to make tennis history as he will attempt to win Grand Slam no. 21 at the US Open. Tennis players are always seeking to improve and look for edges and it seems Team Djokovic is complete and ready to take on the ultimate challenge, to win the fourth […]
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Jimmy Connors · Novak Djokovic · US Open
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Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Bios

Hollywood film star and legend Marlene Deitrich was one of the hugest stars in the world in the 1930s for her films Blue Angel, Shanghai Express, The Devil Is A Woman, Morocco, Blonde Venus, Destry Rides Again. She was romantically involved with Orson Welles, Frank Sinatra, Errol Flynn, John F. Kennedy, George Bernard Shaw, John […]
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Blue Angel · Hollywood · Jimmy Connors · Marlene Dietrich · Paris · Roland Garros

By Scoop Malinowski A plethora of tennis players discuss what it was like to play Jimmy Connors… The American tennis icon was ATP world no. 1 for a then-record 160 consecutive weeks from 1974 to 1977 and a career total of 268 weeks. He is the first male player to be No. 1 for more […]
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ATP · Jimbo · Jimmy Connors · No. 1 · Wilson T2000
By Scoop Malinowski
Tennis observers speculate about the similarities of boxing and tennis but rarely do we get to hear the perspective of tennis from a former boxing champion. It's hard to find an accomplished boxer who has followed and played tennis for a lifetime but tennis-prose.com got the scoop (pun intended).
Long time friend since we first did a Biofile interview back in 1995 for Boxing Flash newsletter, Paul "The Ultimate" Vaden was once the IBF Light Middleweight champion in 1995 after defeating Vincent Pettway by a TKO in the final 12th round ...
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Jimmy Connors · Paul Vaden · The Ultimate