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It's an Open and shut case for unknowns
shaun.powell@newsday.comShe is Sybille Bammer, who has a great name for a tennis player but in every other way is all wrong for this tennis tournament. She's in the quarterfinals, where she'll play Jelena Jankovic tonight, and most likely will be done in time to catch the next...Tags: Patrick Rafter, Roger Federer, Greg Rusedski, Multi-Sport Events, U.S. Open Tennis
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Serena vs. Venus simply lacks rooting interest
shaun.powell@newsday.comAfter the flurry of forehands, big rallies, blistering backhands . . . after 2 1/2 hours of the kind of entertaining tennis that few other women on Earth can muster, who really felt victorious last night? Venus? Not really. Serena? Uh, nope. The...Tags: Hobbies, Jennifer Capriati, Roger Federer, Chris Evert, Richard Williams
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S. Williams to play in Baltimore tournament
As a promising 12-year-old, Serena Williams tagged along with her big sister Venus for Pam Shriver's annual charity tennis tournament in Baltimore in 1993 to play doubles against a pair of brothers, Cal and Bill Ripken. At the time, the buzz about the...Tags: Richard Williams, Chris Evert, Monica Seles, Charity, Serena Williams
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In tennis, doubles can be twice as nice
All match long Monday on the grandstand court at Flushing Meadows, the fans kept rising and screaming, kept cursing and cajoling and shouting to the hot blue sky.
This was not for Venus or Serena. Not for Roger, Rafa or that long-limbed upstart...Tags: Roger Federer, Viral Diseases, Multi-Sport Events, Venus Williams, Rod Laver
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ALMANAC
On Sept. 6, 1837, the Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio went co-educational. In 1901 President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. (McKinley died eight days later; he was...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Diana, Princess of Wales, Anglican, National Government, Barry Bonds
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Timeline: History of the Open Era
1) ASHE OPENS OPEN ERA (1968) -- Arthur Ashe was a 25-year-old lieutenant in the United States Army when he defeated Tom Okker of the Netherlands for his first Grand Slam championship. It marked the first time a black player had won a Grand Slam title,...Tags: Andre Agassi, History, Awards and Prizes, Gabriela Sabatini, Ilie Nastase
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Is Keith Richards really poster boy for life after 50?
Chicago Tribune reporterSeptember-October AARP, our largest circulation magazine, swears that dissolute Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones is proof of the glories of being 50 or older. Hmm. "50 Reasons to Love Being 50" includes the possibility of finally becoming closer to...Tags: Keith Richards, Barack Obama, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Hybrid Vehicles, John McCain
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More Maryland medalists
Last Sunday we identified 14 athletes from Maryland who won medals in the Summer Olympics. Below are others who earned medals at Summer Games. TOMMY HANNAN •2000 •Swimming •Hannan won gold as a member of the 400-meter medley relay...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Therapies, Wrestling, Maryland, Health Treatments
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Liz Smith: Musical film 'Mamma Mia!' is a winner that takes it all
Mamma Mia!, the international stage musical? It's selling out, SRO, in its normal manner. For years I've been quoted in endless ads as saying this show is "the most fun on Broadway." A lot of insiders tut-tutted this and are already looking askance at the...Tags: Academy Awards, ABBA, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Amy Tan
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At Wimbledon, tennis stars are still scoring points for fashion
Times Fashion CriticSOMETIME last week, center court at Wimbledon began to look more like a fashion show than a tennis tournament. There was Serena Williams warming up in a chic, belted, white trench coat under cloudless skies, Roger Federer as Jay Gatsby in a white cardigan...Tags: Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Fred Perry, Times Square, The White House
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NAME DROPPING
*Tennis champion Martina Navratilova has regained her Czech nationality after saying she was "ashamed" of President Bush. Britain's Guardian newspaper reports that Navratilova confirmed last month that she has again become a citizen of the country of...Tags: Janet Jackson, Cancer, George Bush, Patrick Dempsey, Diseases
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Honors class
BASKETBALL: Naismith Memorial George Hepbron, Still Pond // A friend of the game's inventor, James Naismith, Hepbron is credited with writing the first book about basketball (How to Play Basketball), as well as creating interpretations of many of the...Tags: James Naismith, Boston Red Sox, Judy Johnson, Golf, Josh Gibson
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