How does one define who gets to be called the greatest player of all time? That is the million dollar question in sports and it often comes with a level of subjectivity. There are names that stick out for obvious reasons. In basketball, Michael Jordan sits towards the top. In Hockey, there’s Wayne Gretzky. Football …
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Well, it’s finally happening. The Biden Administration is making plans to lift the Covid-19 vaccine mandate travel ban that had been in place since late 2021, as part of the final stages of phasing out of the COVID emergency in the United States, according to a report from the online media publication OutKick late Monday. …
Tennis has completed its first major of the season and a familiar face has once again achieved glory at the Australian Open. We are, of course, talking about Novak Djokovic who claimed his 10th singles title in the land down under. He claimed victory in the early hours of the morning while most Americans were …
Linda Fruhvirtova is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She is 17 years-old. She competes on the WTA Tour. She previously competed on the ITF Circuit. Fruhvirtova is ranked inside the top 80 in the world rankings. Linda Fruhvirtova was born on May 1, 2005 in Prague, Czech Republic. She has been training …
The 2022 WTA season was a tremendous one to witness. It featured former world number one Ash Barty claim the Australian Open title, the emergence of Ons Jabeur who had made it to the final of two majors, and the retirement of tennis legend Serena Williams. However, the most exciting part of the season was …
Standing up for what you believe isn’t easy and it usually comes at a cost. Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic learned that lesson the hard way during the 2022 ATP season, where he faced heavy scrutiny for his decision to remain unvaccinated, defying the rules that kept him from playing in some of the major …
The year 2020 has been far from normal with several key events causing disruptions in our society. We began the year with devastating wildfires in Australia back in January, followed by the death of Kobe Bryant, which was also in January, and then the ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic. To put it simply, 2020 feels like a …
This British tennis player is a two time Wimbledon champion (2013, 2016) and a U.S. Open champion in 2012. He’s also made it to the final in the French Open (2016) and Australian Open (2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016). The former world number one, and ATP Tours champion (2016), has won a total of 663 …
At 6 foot 1, Karolína Plíšková has had intermittent success in her singles career with 505 match wins and semi-final appearances in the 2017 French Open and 2019 Australian Open. her best result came in 2016 when she was a finalist in the U.S. Open. She’s teammates with fellow 6 foot tall tennis player Petra …
Born in Czechoslovakia in 1990 (Czech Republic since 1992), Kvitová is a two time Wimbledon champ (2011 and 2014) and Australian Open finalist in 2019. She has won the WTA Tour Finals once in 2011, a bronze medalist in the 2016 Olympics, and has led the Czech Republic to victory in the Fed Cup six …
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