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☆ What to know about Sydney Gordon, the 'Bachelor' contestant who's already stirring up drama on season 28
  + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Sydney Gordon is one of the contestants on season 28 of "The Bachelor. Although season 28 isn't too far along yet, Sydney has already stirred drama. AdvertisementSeason 28 of "The Bachelor" recently kicked off, but there's already one contestant who appears to be ruffling some feathers: Sydney Gordon. Syndey, 28, is one of 32 women competing for the affection of tennis pro Joey Graziadei on the latest season of ABC's hit reality TV show. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Persons: Sydney Gordon, She's, —, Syndey, Joey Graziadei, Joey Organizations: Service, Tennis Hall of Fame, Business Locations: Newport , Rhode Island, Sydney
☆ Clijsters wants ATP, WTA to merge as women's tour celebrates 50 years
  + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
[1/2] Kim Clijsters of Belgium speaks as she is inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, U.S., July 22, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File PhotoNEW YORK, June 26 (Reuters) - It is time for the men's and women's professional tennis bodies to merge says former world number one Kim Clijsters, who wants a united front in the sport as the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) celebrates its 50-year anniversary. Like people who don't know much about tennis, they say, 'Oh yea, ATP and WTA', but behind it there's one unit.' The ITHF unveiled a video segment celebrating 50 years of the WTA this year called "TennisWorthy." And you kind of always bump into a wall where, you know, not much happens and it stays with conversations.
Persons: Kim Clijsters, Brian Snyder, Billie Jean King, Clijsters, King, Steffi Graf, it's, Roger Federer, Amy Tennery, Ken Ferris Organizations: International Tennis Hall of Fame, REUTERS, Women's Tennis Association, Wimbledon, WTA, men's Association of Tennis Professionals, Millennium, Thomson Locations: Belgium, Newport , Rhode Island, U.S, German, New York
☆ Martina Navratilova: Tennis great tweets that she is ‘all clear’ after cancer treatment
  + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Kevin Dotson | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
CNN —Tennis great Martina Navratilova said Tuesday that she is “all clear” after undergoing treatments for throat and breast cancer. “After a day full of tests at Sloan Kettering, I got the all clear! “That’s just not an option for me … quitting is just not in my DNA.”The 66-year-old Navratilova shared in an interview in March that her “prognosis is excellent.”Navratilova enjoyed a long playing career in which she won 18 grand slam singles titles, 31 grand slam doubles titles and 10 grand slam mixed doubles titles. After retiring from singles in 1994 at the age of 38, she continued playing doubles – and winning titles – into her 40s. She has remained involved in the sport as a coach, broadcaster, and ambassador for the WTA Tour, highlighting the importance of preventive checkups to combat specific diseases such as breast cancer.
Persons: Martina Navratilova, ” Navratilova, “ That’s, …, Navratilova, – Organizations: CNN, Tennis, Sloan Kettering, WTA
☆ Ohanian and Williams sisters taking up golf with TGL ownership
  + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
June 8 (Reuters) - In a week that has seen a reshaping of golf's landscape a new player emerged on Thursday with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, Serena and Venus Williams securing the first franchise in the TGL, the tech-forward team golf league developed by Tiger Woods. "I knew I wanted to do this team and I knew I wanted to bring Serena in so I was like, babe come on board," Ohanian told Reuters. Ohanian, Serena and her sister Venus are the first of what will be six team ownership groups that will make up TGL, an innovative, new primetime golf league that fuses technology and live action. For the Williams sisters, who emerged from the hard-scrabble streets of Compton to reign over the tennis world, TGL will represent another opportunity to give back to their community and open more doors in another sport. While he is a board member of the Tiger Woods Foundation, Ohanian said golf was not on his radar until Olympia began taking up the sport.
Persons: Reddit, Alexis Ohanian, Venus Williams, Tiger Woods, LIV, Serena, Ohanian, Venus, Woods, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Williams, Olympia, Steve Keating, Ed Osmond Organizations: PGA, of Fame, Los Angeles Golf Club, Reuters, Angel City FC, NFL's Miami Dolphins, Tiger Woods Foundation, Olympia, Thomson Locations: Serena, Saudi, Palm Beach , Florida, Compton, Los, Olympia, Toronto
☆ WNBA-Griner greeted by US VP Harris in return to court
  + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Rory Carroll | Thomson Reuters | Los Angeles-Based Sports Reporter Who Interviews The Most Impactful Athletes | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
LOS ANGELES, May 19 (Reuters) - Brittney Griner returned to the WNBA hardwood on Friday night in Los Angeles to cheers from a raucous crowd that included U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. "It felt good, it felt real good. U.S. officials said she was wrongly detained and was being used as a political pawn amid increasingly strained relations with Moscow. The two-time Olympic champion, 32, kicked off her 10th season with the Mercury on Friday after playing in a pre-season game one week ago. Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Jacqueline WongOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Tennis star Martina Navratilova is diagnosed with throat and breast cancer
  + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( The Associated Press | Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
NEW YORK — Tennis great Martina Navratilova said Monday that she has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer. “This double whammy is serious but still fixable, and I’m hoping for a favorable outcome,” the 66-year-old Navratilova said. While Navratilova was undergoing tests on her throat, she said, the unrelated breast cancer was discovered. Navratilova was diagnosed with a noninvasive form of breast cancer in 2010 and had a lumpectomy. Navratilova originally retired in 1994, after a record 167 singles titles and 331 weeks at No.
☆ Nick Bollettieri, coach who worked with some of tennis' biggest stars, dies at 91
  + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
Nick Bollettieri, the Hall of Fame tennis coach who worked with some of the sport’s biggest stars, including Andre Agassi and Monica Seles, and founded an academy that revolutionized the development of young athletes, has died. But it takes crazy people to do things that other people say cannot be done.”The Bollettieri Tennis Academy opened in 1978 in Bradenton, Florida, and was purchased by IMG in 1987. The IMG Academy now spans more than 600 acres and offers programs in more than a half-dozen sports in addition to tennis. For spending money, Bollettieri began teaching tennis for $1.50 an hour, according to the Hall of Fame. After a few months, he dropped out of law school to concentrate on coaching.
☆ Nick Bollettieri, famed tennis coach, dies aged 91
  + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
CNN —Nick Bollettieri, the famed tennis coach who taught the likes of the Williams sisters, Andre Agassi and Maria Sharapova, has died aged 91. Bollettieri’s death was confirmed by the IMG Academy, which Bollettieri is the founder of, in a statement sent to CNN. In 1977, he founded the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy – now the IMG Academy – after borrowing $1 million from a friend to build a live-in tennis academy for his students. During over 30 years as a coach, Bollettieri became one of the most sought-after teachers in world tennis due to the success players had under him. Bollettieri outside his tennis academy.
☆ Tom Brady and Kim Clijsters are Major League Pickleball's newest team owners
  + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Jessica Golden | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers throws against the New Orleans Saints during the second quarter at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on September 13, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady and International Tennis Hall of Famer Kim Clijsters are the latest high-profile athletes to join the pickleball craze. Major League Pickleball announced on Wednesday that Brady and Clijsters are headlining their newest ownership group to buy an expansion team, which will begin playing in 2023. The Brady and Clijsters group is led by Knighthead Capital. In September, Anne Worcester, Major League Pickleball's strategic advisor, told CNBC that demand for teams has grown exponentially and that prices are in the seven-figure range.
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