RICHMOND, Va. -- A birthday celebration honored tennis icon Arthur Ashe Thursday evening at Battery Park as part of the 2024 Tennis Under the Lights Those are the same courts where Ashe honed his ...

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Groundbreaking black tennis player Arthur Ashe Jr.’s hometown of Richmond, Virginia has renamed a major thoroughfare after him, after years of effort. The Richmond Times-Dispatch ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, won Wimbledon on Sunday, but there may be a future tennis champion right here in Richmond thanks to a history-making man Wimbledon champ from the past.

SEATTLE – Eight Washington student-athletes from five different programs have been named recipients of the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Awards, one of the most prestigious honors in college ...

Tuesday marks a quarter of a century since Arthur Ashe Jr. died at the far too young age of 49. His passing has left a void in an increasingly loud and confrontational world that could use a gentle ...

Diverse Issues in Higher Education‘s G.E. Branch III draws parallels between the career of the trailblazing tennis player and those of dynamic quarterbacks Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks and ...

University of Nebraska student-athletes led all Power Five conference schools with 20 Huskers across all sports claiming Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar awards for the 2019-20 season. Nebraska's 13 ...

In May 1968, tennis star Arthur Ashe Jr. spent some down time with his father during Davis Cup matches in Richmond. On the very Byrd Park courts where Ashe had been denied entrance years before ...

Yotam Ottolenghi took a page from Arthur Ashe in keeping this weeknight dinner smart and simple. By Yotam Ottolenghi He won Wimbledon over the favored Jimmy Connors, who was not only suing the ATP, ...