Tag: WWII

Kay Stammers, Alice Marble, and JFK

Post author By David Linebarger
Post date July 13, 2023
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"Kay Stammers," artwork by Giada llenia Pinna

Kay designed her own dresses. Four inches above the knee. Is that why JFK dated her? She thought he was “spoilt by women. I think he could snap his fingers and they’d come running.” A Wimbledon finalist with a big lefty forehand in 1939, Kay was the second best player in the world till the […]

Tags Alice Marble, JFK, Kat Stammers, WWII

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Bobby Riggs on his Death Bed

Post author By David Linebarger
Post date July 21, 2021
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© Mort Drucker, “Bobby Riggs” portrait used for the cover of Time Magazine From the National Portrait Gallery

1945: The Enola Gay took off for Hiroshima. Don Budge and I, the world’s two best players, played a few miles away. A little action. Entertaining the troops. Army (Budge) vs. Navy (Riggs), that’s the way it is boys. Bets? Bets? I was just a pesky hustler, but I finally figured him out. He got […]

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