Showing posts with label Tennis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tennis. Show all posts
Thursday, January 22, 2026

On the Other Side of Tired: A Book’s Return and a Life Revisited Thank you, Andre Agassi!

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I love to ask questions about books. What is your favorite? Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction? Do you have a favorite writer? Are you par...
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Tale of Two Teammates: Triumph and Tragedy

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Classmate is not a word I use lightly. It carries weight—more so as I get older. To call someone a classmate means we shared a chapter of l...
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Thursday, June 5, 2025

Pope Leo XVI Meets Jannik Sinner: Where the Culture of Encounter Ought to Go

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Much has been made of Pope Leo XVI's recent meeting with tennis' number one player on the men's tour, Jannik Sinner. From the pu...
Thursday, January 18, 2024

Arthur Ashe Stands on Monument Avenue in Richmond, VA

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The third Monday in January, honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., is the only federal holiday designated by Congress as a national day of servi...
Wednesday, November 29, 2023

"The Tennis Bag is A Lot Like Your Heart...." Lesson from Andre Agassi

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One of my all time favorite reads is "Open," Andre Agassi's autobiography. I quote the  American tennis legend in Sports and S...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Lesson from Wimbledon—A Reminder about the Importance of Equal Access

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Though Pebble Beach has hosted other women's golf tournaments, the inaugural U.S. Women's Open at the iconic, majestic course took p...
Friday, July 7, 2023

Questions to Consider for Bitter Rivals. Beloved Friends. Survivors: Another Story of Evert and Navratilova

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Have you noticed?  Despite living in an age of too much information at our fingertips, when one can easily drown in the sea of social media—...
Wednesday, April 29, 2020

A Question Worth Asking: Why play a sport if you're not good at it...?!

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A close friend of mine, a former teammate and avid sports fan once told me why she and her husband spend so much money, time and personal re...
Thursday, March 21, 2019

Billie Jean King and Her Legacy: "Not Done Yet"

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Just three weeks into my freshman year at the University of Notre Dame, I walked with my roommates to hear the Governor of Arkansas speak at...