Playing his best
Balancing a love of tennis with realistic professional goals has led Patrick McEnroe to a multifaceted career in this highly individual sport.
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Weaving a good yarn
The click-clack of needles is a force for good at The Ethelridge Road Knitting Salon.
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On their toes
Port Chester’s Ballet des Amériques celebrates the universality of dance and unity of all the arts, says artistic director/choreographer Carole Alexis.
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Olé, Nole
Novak Djokovic’s stunning win over Roger Federer at Wimbledon Sunday proved John McEnroe’s adage that it’s not important to be the best, only to beat the best.
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Advantage Allaster
Tennis delivered Stacey Allaster into a brilliant life. As the USTA’s chief executive, professional tennis, she’s determined to give back in part by mentoring girls and women.
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How Nole got his mojo back
Novak Djokovic overcame an elbow injury and self-doubt to come all the way back to number one.
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The heat is on at the US Open
The US Open – the last of the Grand Slam tournaments, celebrating its golden jubilee this season – is one of sports’ greatest events and one of its most challenging.
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One for the books
Celebrate 50 years of the US Open with the USTA’s fab new book.
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‘Open’ season
Few have been better positioned to observe the milestones of tennis in the Open Era than longtime Katonah-based journalist Steve Flink, author of the indispensable “The Greatest Tennis Matches of All Time” (New Chapter Press) and a 2017 inductee into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
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Only as good as your rival
Many of the great sports anniversaries being celebrated this summer are the anniversaries of great rivalries
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Croc on
Lacoste – the luxe sportswear company – is celebrating the 85th anniversary of its polo shirt with a new “crocodile” (alias, brand ambassador) and new bedding made out of the shirt’s material.
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Profiles in grace
Being falsely arrested in a case of mistaken identity during the 2015 US Open inspired James Blake to become an activist and write an athletic “Profiles in Courage” called “Ways of Grace.”
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‘Match’ tough
Anna Ziegler’s new tennis play “The Last Match” considers a world where everything comes up deuce.
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New teNeues tennis book serves an ace
“Few accessories evoke a life of leisure and luxury as quickly as a tennis racquet,” Ben Rothenberg writes in the introduction to “The Stylish…
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Mmm… chocolate
In 2012, Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal for the Australian Open men’s singles title in a nearly six-hour match that is still the longest…
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Look back on anger
The 2012 French Open men’s final was in the words of the superb sports/culture website Grantland “an absolute mess.” It rained in Paris that…
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Time once again for the US Open, which kicks off Saturday, Aug. 23 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center with “Arthur…
Read MoreCan they talk? Joan Rivers and Nick Bollettieri return to Westchester
Two local legends are on the WAG radar these days. Tennis coach Nick Bollettieri – who grew up in north Pelham, as he likes…
Read MoreRafanole revisited
In WAG’s July 2012 “Going for the Gold” issue, I wrote a piece about rivalries in which I suggested that the rivalry between Rafael…
Read MoreServing for life
“This definitely exceeded the expectations,” Novak Djokovic said as he sat down for a Q&A with fans at Uniqlo’s Fifth Avenue flagship store. And…
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