With its white roof silhouetted by the New York City skyline, for 25 years Arthur Ashe stadium, a cathedral of tennis and home of the U.S. Open, has hosted some of the game's greatest moments, while ...
Arthur Ashe balletically leaps across the grass court, his gold chain peeking from behind his white polo shirt. He serves unreturned aces and then returns low forehand volleys as his opponent, Jimmy ...
Citizen Ashe's director says viewers will learn the "activist that Arthur was off the tennis court and how dedicated he was to fighting injustice" Lindsay Kimble is the Executive Editor, News at ...
NEW YORK — Sunday will mark 50 years since tennis great Arthur Ashe became the first African-American man to win the U.S. Open. Ashe, who died in 1993, might never have gotten the chance were it not ...
Venus and Serena Williams share a close bond despite their ongoing tennis rivalry. Students of the Arthur Ashe legacy, the sisters can still learn something from the mighty brotherly gesture made by ...
Tennis legend Arthur Ashe died in 1993 — but to this day, he’s the only Black man to win singles titles at Wimbledon, the U.S. and Australian Opens. The new documentary "Citizen Ashe” explores how he ...
Arthur Ashe may have been most known for his tennis success, but it was his activism that set him apart off the court. When not winning major tennis championships and breaking barriers in one of the ...
Arthur Ashe gained international fame for his brilliance on the tennis court — in his prime he was one of the best players in the world and winner of three major championships including Wimbledon in ...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — On Richmond’s Monument Avenue, the collection of towering statues honoring Confederate veterans was interrupted by one noticeably different: a monument to Black tennis legend and ...
American Arthur Ashe made a name for himself as an unparalleled tennis player—he was the first (and remains the only) Black man to win the U.S. Open, Wimbledon, and the Australian Open—while also ...
NEW YORK — The world has changed a great deal since the late Arthur Ashe made history by becoming the first champion of the US Open, and the first African American man to win a Grand Slam title, 50 ...