NEW YORK – The blue courts are hard, the resolve of a red-hot Spanish conquistador named Nadal is harder, and the internationally-flavored guys and dolls are in town playing tennis again. Their fortnight is called the U.S. Open, the last of the year’s four majors, at the Billie Jean King Center in Flushing Meadow. If there was a hard luck guy here yesterday, it was a … [Read more...] about THEY’RE UNDER WAY AT FLUSHING
Archives for August 2008
Out of Bud’s Closet is back
We finally added the Out of Bud’s Closet feature to the new site. Check it out here. It will always be found in the Categories list on the left. … [Read more...] about Out of Bud’s Closet is back
History of Tennis published
Five years have passed since I last published a book. This one, just out, “The Bud Collins History of Tennis,” is long overdue – and I know you’ll love it. If you can lift it. Just kidding. But I did need 765 pages to chronicle just about everything that has happened in the game since the initial tournament, Wimbledon, 1877, up to the present. All the greats are represented … [Read more...] about History of Tennis published