The Barcelona Bumblebee – Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain – turns 38 years old on December 18, 2009. Does it not seem just yesterday that she was an effervescent 17-year-old who shocked Steffi Graf to win the 1989 French Open? Arantxa’s career is outlined below in this excerpt from my book THE BUD COLLINS HISTORY OF TENNIS ($35.95, New Chapter Press, www.NewChapterMedia.com). … [Read more...] about THE BARCELONA BUMBLEBEE’S BIRTHDAY
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LET’S SALUTE HENRI COCHET AND STAN SMITH!
December 14 marks the birthday of two of the greatest tennis player of all time Henri Cochet and Stan Smith. The biographies of both Wimbledon champions and members of the International Tennis Hall of Fame are documented below from my book THE BUD COLLINS HISTORY OF TENNIS ($35.95, New Chapter Press, www.NewChapterMedia.com). Enjoy! Henri Cochet France … [Read more...] about LET’S SALUTE HENRI COCHET AND STAN SMITH!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRACY AUSTIN
December 12, 2009 marks the 47th birthday of two-time U.S. Open champion Tracy Austin. The following is her profile as seen in THE BUD COLLINS HISTORY OF TENNIS ($35.95, New Chapter Press, www.NewChapterMedia.com). TRACY AUSTIN United States (1962—) Hall of Fame—1992 One of the game’s prodigies, Tracy Ann Austin was meteoric, an iron-willed girl whose blaze was … [Read more...] about HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRACY AUSTIN
ANDRE MADE A BAD MISTAKE, BUT HE HAS MADE UP FOR IT SINCE, AS THE GAME’S LEADING HUMANITARIAN
Is Andre just another book salesman? By now everybody from here to the Somalian pirates knows that Andre Agassi has come clean in his new memoir (“Open”) about using illegal drugs (crystal meth) and telling a big lie about it. Undoubtedly it will out-sell any other tennis bio. But is milking another cash cow his motive, as some have suggested? I don’t think … [Read more...] about ANDRE MADE A BAD MISTAKE, BUT HE HAS MADE UP FOR IT SINCE, AS THE GAME’S LEADING HUMANITARIAN
BRUSSELS SPROUTS, JUSTINE AND KIM, ARE THE COMEBACK KIDS
Remember that great western, “Shane”? Sure you do. Shane, the hero, after wiping out the bad guys, of course rides off into the sunset while the young boy who idolizes him, cries out in anguish: “Shane! Shane! Come back, Shane! Come back!” No luck. The movie had used up its time. I felt like that sorrowful kid when the erstwhile “Brussels Sprouts” — Kim … [Read more...] about BRUSSELS SPROUTS, JUSTINE AND KIM, ARE THE COMEBACK KIDS