On a night when legendary tennis players Billie Jean King, John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova were on the court, along with stars Andy Roddick and Mark Philippoussis, all eyes were on Maria Sharapova at the 2016 World Team Tennis Smash Hits Charity Event in Las Vegas. Still banned from WTA events due to her ITF … Continue reading
Newlywed Brittany Lincicome hosted several of her LPGA friends and colleagues for Brittany & Friends 2016, a pro-am event to benefit The First Tee of St. Petersburg. The program uses youth golf programs to teach life skills and promote core values. Some of the pros joining Bam-Bam included reigning LPGA Player of the Year Lydia … Continue reading
Going into Wimbledon 2015, much of the attention is focused on Serena Williams. That’s absolutely warranted and understandable. The undisputed Queen of the Courts is 3/4 of the way to another Serena Slam and halfway to a 2015 calendar year Grand Slam. Whether she pulls either or both off or not wouldn’t take anything away … Continue reading
Kathryn Krickstein Pressel had her time on earth cut short by breast cancer in 2003. The sister of former top 10 tennis pro Aaron Krickstein, her fight continues through daughter Morgan Pressel’s tireless work to raise money that over the years has helped fund the Morgan Pressel Foundation. The Foundation has sponsored a mobile mammogram … Continue reading
I have to hand it to Caroline Wozniacki. When I heard she was planning to run the 2014 New York City Marathon, I had a flashback to her cramping up during a tennis match early in her career. Also, I wondered why she would possibly upset her tennis training to prepare for a marathon and … Continue reading
Stars from the world of golf joined other sports luminaries to raise over 450,000 Euros for various charities one year prior to the 2015 Solheim Cup. 22-time singles (and 1 doubles) tennis Major winner Steffi Graf joined golf stars Paula Creamer, Sandra Gal, Juli Inkster, Carin Koch, Caroline Masson, Caroline Larsson, Caroline Hedwall and reigning US … Continue reading
South Korean Il-Hee Lee started her first round at the 2013 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia with a birdie on the par 4 1st, heralding a great day to come. That day would feature a clean 7-birdie, no bogey round that left Il-Hee alone atop the leaderboard at 7-under at day’s end. Earlier this year the … Continue reading
World Golf Hall of Fame member Nancy Lopez was honored by Albany, Georgia with a street in her name. Intersecting Nancy Lopez Lane will be Ray Knight Way, named after baseball star, and former husband of Nancy Lopez, Ray Knight. Knight was the MVP of the 1986 World Series as a member of the New … Continue reading
LPGA stars Se Ri Pak, Na Yeon Choi and Jiyai Shin spent part of their holiday season giving back. The three multiple LPGA winners served food to the elderly, took blankets and provisions to the elderly shut-in as well as participated in a Christmas celebration for children. This is not something new for these three … Continue reading
I have to hand it to Na Yeon Choi. Not only is she one of the greatest golfers on the planet, a 2010 LPGA Vare Trophy and Money List winner, not to mention the reigning 2012 US Women’s Open champion, but she also is one of the most giving players on tour. She donates to … Continue reading
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