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David Hall’s Golden Socks

Check out my new book Tennis Players as Works of Art with artwork from 45 artists. This party was a once off.  To win a gold medal in a Paralympics not only in my home country, but actually in the city of my birth where I lived would never happen again.—David Hall The gold medal’s been in […]

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Three-Time French Open Champions: The Men

The Women will be published on June 4. Rafael Nadal: 4,500 rpm on the forehand.  Borg’s topspin revolution doubled, squared.  All that topspin means net clearance, safety, angles.  The perfect weapon for clay, its wars of attrition.  Bjorn Borg: I wanted to be Ringo Starr one year for Halloween. Long hair, girls screaming, rock star. […]

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Why the Tennis Gods Made Rod Laver

Check out my new book Tennis Players as Works of Art with artwork from 45 artists. Mark on his painting: For this painting I focused on his ear because it is such an intimate space. It is where whispers are spoken. It is the site of the annunciation. It is a space of vulnerability. Rod Laver’s iconic […]

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Billie Jean King, Feminist

Check out my new book Tennis Players as Works of Art with artwork from 45 artists. Parable of the Three Doors The first door’s locked. Deadbolts everywhere, a not yet discernible voice inside. I couldn’t get a closet deep enough. I’ve got a homophobic family, a tour that will die if I come out, the world is […]