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Halloween-Themed Tennis Fest Brings Plenty of Treats for Birmingham Metro Youths

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times Tyson Peoples was dressed as a baseball player, his brother Trent was a black-suited ninja and Eden Robinson,...

Serena’s example: Tennis icon’s impact felt in Black America

By AARON MORRISON, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In 2016, responding to the fatal police shootings of two Black men just a day apart, Serena...

Serena Williams Says ‘Countdown Has Begun’ to Retirement

By Howard Fendrich Associated Press Saying “the countdown has begun,” 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams announced Tuesday she is ready to step away from tennis so she can turn...

Naomi Osaka made sure Black lives mattered at the US Open

By Soraya Nadia McDonald The Undefeated Naomi Osaka made sure Black lives mattered as she pursued her third Grand Slam victory at the 2020 US Open. Throughout...

Meet Birmingham’s 12U State Champion Tennis Team

By William C. Singleton III For the Birmingham Times If you’re looking for future tennis stars, the courts at George Ward Park on Birmingham’s Southside are...

Tennis Coach Rudy Lewis: Build better players, build a stronger community

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times When Rudy Lewis was coming up the sport to play was football, he was told. “The people around me, like my...

Area’s Jamiya Ivory, 14, Ranked Among Tennis’s Best in Alabama

By William C. Singleton III For The Birmingham Times Jamiya Ivory, 14, first began tennis after watching her younger brother, Nigel, play in a match seven...

Sloane Stephens wins all-American US Open women’s final

 Associated Press Sloane Stephens never looked shaken by the setting or the stakes in her first Grand Slam final. Her opponent, Madison Keys, most definitely...

Junior Tennis Squad from Area Reaches Top Tournament

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times The tennis tournament was already under way when TNT Elite arrived at Auburn University’s Yarbrough Tennis Center. The...

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