Right after the thrill of victory or the agony of defeat there is the human drama of athletic competition. There are moments where you push the human body to its limit and withstand the elements of nature and forces against you to achieve victory. Sunday was the first brutally oppressive day of the summer and […]
Forty one years ago the late Arthur Ashe and his agent Donald Dell had a conversation about a tennis tournament that would be played in the Nation’s Capital. Dell, Ashe’s attorney and dear friend, needed him to play in the tournament to add credibility to the fledgling event. However, the soon to be Wimbledon champion […]
