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Fifty years have now passed since Ashe stunned Connors in four sets to become the first – and to this day only – Black man to ...
On the 50th anniversary of his historic Wimbledon win, Arthur Ashe receives a powerful tribute and fans are sharing what it ...
From rural reservations to shebeens or speakeasies (bars) - wherever black people gathered, they were talking about Ashe's ...
It was in London in 1975, and Ashe was scheduled to play Jimmy Connors, the defending champion and world No. 1, in the ...
Jimmy Connors was nine years Ashe’s junior when they met July 5, 1975, a lefty slugger coming to defend his Wimbledon title on the heels of the best year of his career. Connors lost all of four ...
"We would have never seen anything like this if there wasn't some way to deliver it to us," Jafa said of the "HARDCORE / LOVE ...
Richmond celebrates 50 years since tennis pioneer Arthur Ashe broke barriers at Wimbledon, inspiring generations of players ...
After nine appearances in the Wimbledon draw, Alexander Zverev has yet to reach the quarter-final at the world's most ...
Richmond native Arthur Ashe upset Jimmy Connors in the Wimbledon final. Fifty years later, it is not viewed as one of the ...
Arthur Ashe's historic 1975 Wimbledon victory over Jimmy Connors remains the only Grand Slam singles title by a Black male ...
Zverev is the 12th men’s seed of 32 to exit Wimbledon in the first round this year, while Rinderknech will face lucky loser ...