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Margaret Court, AO MBE, (born 16 July 1942, also known as Margaret Smith Court) is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player fromAustralia. In 1970, she became the first woman during the open era and the second woman in history to win all four Grand Slam tournament singles titles in the same calendar year. Court won a record 24 [...]

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Christine Marie “Chris” Evert (born December 21, 1954) is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. According to the Women’s Tennis Association, she was the year-ending World No. 1 [...]

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Tennis Greatest:Stefanie Maria Graf

June 2, 2011

Stefanie Maria Graf (born 14 June 1969, in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany) is a former World No. 1 German female tennis player. In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court’s 24. In 1988, she became the first and only tennis player (male or female) to achieve the Calendar Year [...]

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Tennis Greatest:Martina Navratilova

June 2, 2011

Martina Navratilova (born October 18, 1956) is a Czech American and former Czechoslovak tennis player and a former World No. 1. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, “She’s the greatest singles, doubles and mixed doubles player who’s ever lived.” Navratilova won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 Grand Slam women’s doubles titles (an all-time record), and 10 Grand Slam [...]

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NBA’s Greatest:Dave Cowens

May 27, 2011

David William Cowens (born October 25, 1948, in Newport, Kentucky) is a retired American professional basketball player and NBA head coach. At 6’9″, he played the center and occasionally the power forward position. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991. He was recently an assistant coach for the Detroit [...]

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NBA’s Greatest:Larry Bird

May 20, 2011

Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is a former American NBA basketball player and coach. Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started at small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons, spearheading one of the NBA’s most formidable frontcourts that included center Robert Parish and forward Kevin McHale. Due to chronic back problems, he retired [...]

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NBA’s Greatest:Dave Bing

May 20, 2011

David “Dave” Bing (born November 24, 1943, in Washington, D.C.) is the mayor of Detroit, Michigan, a businessman, and a retired American professional basketball player who played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), primarily for the Detroit Pistons (1966–75). He was a seven-time All-Star. His #21 was retired by the Detroit Pistons, and in 1996 he was named as one of [...]

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