The 2009 ESPY Awards are upon us, and set to air Sunday, July 19th at 9pm, with Samuel L. Jackson as host (we’ll miss you JT). This year there are a whopping 37 categories and Michael Phelps leads the way with four nominations. The ESPY Awards honor the best achievements, moments and leading athletes of …
After her impressive return to competition at the French Open, Maria Sharapova took on another challenge – editing ESPN The Magazine’s third-annual Revenge of the Jocks issue. In the current issue of The Mag, on newsstands today, Sharapova details how she would fix women’s tennis, and shows readers what she did while rehabbing her shoulder …
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So you want to be a US Open Tennis Championships Ballperson? Now is your chance! Open tryouts will be held on Thursday, June 25, 2009 for the chance to be a ballperson for the 2009 US Open, which runs August 31-September 13 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. On June 25, registration …
It’s official: Former No. 1-ranked player Kim Clijsters is returning to the tennis circuit after two years in retirement. If you don’t recognize Clijsters’ name (pronounced KLY’-sturz), you will shortly. The 25-year-old is a former World No. 1 ranked player in singles and in doubles. Known as Kim Kong or Kim Possible to many fans, Clijsters …
Last week we wrote about Justine Henin’s new career as a TV star. Now it looks like she may be taking up soccer as well. The former world #1 tennis player worked out with the Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, known as RSCA. The Belgian soccer [football] club from Anderlecht, in the Brussels Capital Region, is the most …
Three-time Sony Ericsson champion Venus Williams and British number one Andy Murray kicked off the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open with a little “Traffic Tennis” atop two SUV’s on Miami’s Ocean Drive. Thankfully for both stars, the game was only promotional and served only as a warm-up for this year’s Sony Ericsson Open, which begins tomorrow. …
We’ve missed former world number one Justine Henin since she shocked the tennis world last year by announcing her retirement. Now, according to French sources, Henin is launching a second career – this time on television. The beloved Belgium tennis star will show her on-screen talents on RTBF channel, participating in two big programs. Henin will take …
After nearly a year-long hiatus due to a shoulder injury, Maria Sharapova made her return to tennis action at Indian Wells this week (though she and her doubles partner were eliminated in an early round). But even when she’s not on the court, the tennis star garners lots of attention. Interested in knowing what off-court …
Are you a gamer who loves tennis? Or a tennis player who loves video games? Well this is for you. The world’s top tennis stars are hitting the courts in Virtua Tennis 2009, a video game produced by Japanese console and software giants SEGA. Superstar players include Ana Ivanovic, Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova who took part …
Rapper Ludacris is teaming up with tennis star Serena Williams for an online contest aimed at finding a theme song for the superstar tennis champion. The “Serena’s Song” contest is a nationwide songwriting competition inviting independent musicians, songwriters, producers, rappers and singers to submit original music inspired by and about Serena Williams. Serena will select her personal favorite songs as …
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