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Brooklyn Daily Eagle12d
Brooklyn, Queens seniors awarded USTA Althea Gibson HBCU Scholarship
The scholarship, named after tennis player Althea Gibson, celebrates the first African American to play in the U.S. Open. Legrand will attend Howard University and Stacker will continue her ...
FAMU tennis headed to New Orleans to recapture SWAC Tournament championship trophy
FAMU tennis will play in the SWAC Tournament in New Orleans this weekend. The Rattlers have appeared in the last two SWAC ...
Atlanta Magazine9d
Atlanta’s Forgotten Tennis Pioneer: Horace Reid
It wasn’t unreasonable to imagine Horace Reid on a rocket ship to the top of the tennis world. Many already saw him as the ...
Billie Jean King on investing in women’s sports, player security and what’s next
Billie Jean King can work a room like few others in women’s sports. It is no different at the SheBelieves Summit in Los ...
Tennis icon Billie Jean King's best career advice: It can help ‘anybody at any age, but particularly young people'
Billie Jean King has had a prolific career as a No. 1 tennis player in the world and fierce advocate for women’s equality in ...
AOL20d
Billie Jean King on Why She’s Finally Getting Her Degree, Her Advice to the Next Generation of Tennis Players and Her Legacy
The reason I was able to help shape tennis and women’s sports was because I read history all the time. Althea Gibson was my first hero. I watched her play, and you always wonder, “How good is ...
NBC 10 Philadelphia14d
Tennis icon Billie Jean King's best career advice: It can help ‘anybody at any age, but particularly young people'
King considers Althea Gibson, who in 1950 became the first Black tennis player to compete in the U.S. National Championships and had a storied career, an early inspiration. King continues to be ...