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Mondays With Bob Greene: Roger Federer sets historic record

July 6, 2009 By Bob Greene 3 Comments

Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week Bob summarizes the second week of Wimbledon.

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Mondays With Bob Greene: This is not a tragedy, losing here in Paris

June 1, 2009 By Bob Greene Leave a Comment

Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week Bob summarizes the first week of the French Open.

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McEnroe’s St. Patty’s Day Happenings

March 17, 2009 By Randy Walker Leave a Comment

Happy St. Patrick’s Day – a day where a salient moment happened to John McEnroe, whose grandparents on his father’s side were from Ireland. As excerpted from my book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($19.95, New Chapter Press, www.tennishistorybook.com), McEnroe made his Davis Cup doubles debut and when he received no luck of the Irish in Key Biscayne in his swan song appearance in the modern day Sony Ericsson Open.

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Richard Williams Does Little Service To Daughters Venus and Serena

March 29, 2008 By Alessandro Nicolo 2 Comments

For a man who’s the father of two successful tennis stars, Richard Williams sure has a hard time containing his bitterness.

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Mondays With Bob Greene

March 24, 2008 By Bob Greene Leave a Comment

Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week, Bob summarizes the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, Calif., and other happenings around the game.

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