Sports
Roy Emerson may be 82, but that hasn’t kept him out of the news recently.
March 15, 2019
Foreign players in U.S. Open men’s singles finals from the same country after 1960. The U.S.
Aug. 22, 2006
Tennis: Sampras’ pursuit of major titles record is doomed, some say, because of ‘Curse of Blackbutt’--the Aussie legend’s hometown.
June 30, 1999
Hockey
Kings rookie Matt Roy struggled at first, and coach Todd McLellan let him know about it. Since then, he’s become one of the team’s top defensemen.
Dec. 22, 2019
Tennis: UCLA postgraduate beat all four 1966 Grand Slam winners en route to title.
July 19, 2001
Safin shuts down Hewitt with 16 of his 18 aces in last two sets to crush host fans’ hope of local victor.
Jan. 31, 2005
Our immense, insatiable fascination with statistics and records has created a veritable cottage industry--the pursuer and pursued, the legend-in-waiting and the icon.
Aug. 29, 1999
A world championship seniors tennis tournament, the first of its kind, has been set for next May with prize money of $100,000.
Sept. 20, 1987
Many former tennis champions will compete in a new Tournament of Legends, June 9-12 on the grass courts at at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I.
April 24, 1988
With longtime tennis star Ken Rosewall playing a role in both points, Australia took a 2-1 lead over the United States in the first day of the inaugural Rod Laver’s Legends Cup Saturday.
May 3, 1992