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Evan King: With Outrage There Comes Hope

WASHINGTON, June 6, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Chicago native Evan King, a three-time All-American tennis player at the University of Michigan, admits he’s one of the only American players who prefers to play outside of the United States. “I feel […]

Blake’s Life Forever Changed By 2015 Police Attack

WASHINGTON, June 5, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) James Blake left Harvard to become a professional tennis player in 1999, playing until he retired at the US Open in 2013. During his career, Blake attained a career-high World No. 4 ranking, […]

Auger-Aliassime Speaks Out On Need For Equality

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Add Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada to the growing list of black tennis players and tennis players of color using social media platforms to protest racial injustice. As a child of a mixed-race family growing […]

Tsonga On Racism: ‘A Tragedy … That Makes You Want To Shout Louder’

WASHINGTON, June 3, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) At the beginning, France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga recalled, it started with little nicknames. Then, little insults. In an interview with Franceinfo (francetvinfo.fr) published Tuesday, the 34-year-old Tsonga discussed how racism translated into his childhood. “Afterwards, […]

Coco Gauff: Using Her Voice To Turn Anguish Into Purpose

WASHINGTON, June 1, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) In a frenetic week filled with global coronavirus pandemic and the killing of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, by a white police officer in Minneapolis that was the lightening rod for coast-to-coast […]