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Jerry Buss used team tennis, roller hockey to train his children
Tim Harris once played goalie for the Los Angeles Lazers, an indoor soccer team owned by Jerry Buss. Harris, now an executive with the Lakers, said that as he looks back it was obvious what Buss was doing. "He was setting up these labs for his kids to...
Tags: Los Angeles Lakers, National Basketball Association, Women's National Basketball Association, Soccer, Jerry Buss
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Serena Williams, soon to be No. 1, beats Maria Sharapova
Serena Williams, who will take over No. 1 in the world tennis rankings Monday, defeated Maria Sharapova on Saturday to advance to the finals of the Qatar Open. Williams, who will become the oldest woman to hold the top ranking, will now play the woman...
Tags: Petra Kvitova, Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka, U.S. Open (tennis), Wimbledon Championships
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Serena Williams to become oldest top-ranked women's tennis player
Serena Williams will return to the top of the women's world tennis rankings after the Qatar Open, where she defeated former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, in Friday quarterfinals. When the new rankings are released Monday, the 31-year-...
Tags: Serena Williams, Petra Kvitova, Victoria Azarenka, U.S. Open (tennis), Wimbledon Championships
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Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Modern Family on ABC
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Jan. 20 - 16, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Arrow: Diggle's (David Ramsey) former commanding officer (Ben Browder) causes a rift between him and Oliver...
Tags: Charlie McDermott, Syfy (tv network), Danielle Panabaker, David Ramsey, Ben Browder
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U.S. Open tennis umpire allegedly killed husband with coffee mug
L.A. NOWA high-ranking umpire on the U.S. professional tennis circuit arrested Tuesday in New York allegedly bludgeoned her 82-year-old husband to death with a coffee mug in Woodland Hills and then tried to make it look like he fell down the stairs, authorities... -
Robert J. Kelleher dies at 99; pivotal tennis official became federal judge
Robert J. Kelleher, who helped lead tennis into the modern open era while serving as president of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Assn. and who later became a U.S. District Court judge based in Los Angeles, has died. He was 99.
Kelleher, who was also captain of the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Richard Nixon, Justice System, Tennis, Sports Illustrated
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Lizzie Garrett Mettler looks at tomboy style in a new Rizzoli book
Los Angeles Times Fashion CriticFor years, L.A.-based author Lizzie Garrett Mettler thought "tomboy" was a dirty word. "I was a definite tomboy when I was a kid," she says. "It was a nightmare for my parents to get me into a dress for a stretch of years." As she became a teenager...Tags: Ginger Rogers, Celine, Deborah Harry, Fred Astaire, Entertainment
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The U.S. Open, diamond bracelets and cute tennis clothes
All The RageAs we near the U.S. Open, which begins Aug. 29, we look at how a simple diamond bracelet became associated with the sport of tennis.... -
Roger Federer ends Novak Djokovic's win streak, advances to French Open final
The Fabulous ForumRoger Federer advanced to the French Open finals Friday and ended Novak Djokovic's 43-match winning streak in the process. Federer, a 16-time Grand Slam champion, knocked off the hottest player in tennis, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5), in their...... -
Chris Evert joins ESPN tennis broadcast team
The Fabulous ForumChris Evert will do studio analysis and match calling for ESPN beginning June 20 at Wimbledon and later this summer when ESPN covers the U.S. Open. Evert won three Wimbledon titles and another six U.S. Open championships. There was space...... -
Vera Brown dies at 90; skin care expert with star-studded clientele
Vera Brown, a skin care specialist with a star-studded clientele who sponsored beauty clinics for thousands of blind teens, delinquent girls, homeless women and cancer patients in Los Angeles, died Sept. 24 at her Westwood home. She was 90 and had been in...Tags: Nicole Kidman, Jane Seymour, Gilbert Brown, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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U.S. Open: Jankovic blames blustery winds for her loss; Sharapova prevails despite the weather
The Fabulous ForumFourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic found nothing to her liking Saturday afternoon at Arthur Ashe Stadium during her U.S. Open match. She was bothered by the wind that gusted to 22 miles per hour, and she would scream to her box, "I......
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