Arthur Ashe and Jimmy Connors
"Catching Connors in the Stretch"
Magazine article
By: Arthur Ashe
Date: 1975
Source: Ashe, Arthur. "Catching Connors in the Stretch." Sports Illustrated, July 21, 1975, 20–21.
About the Author: Arthur Ashe (1943–1993) was born in Richmond, Virginia. Ashe graduated from UCLA and won the U.S. Open as an amateur in 1968. Turning professional in 1969, Ashe won fifty-one tournaments, including the 1970 Australian Open and Wimbledon in 1975. Ashe also played for and captained the U.S. Davis Cup team. Retiring from competition after a 1979 heart attack, Ashe contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion in 1983. In his last years, Ashe was a human rights activist and author.
"Tennis in Cold Blood"
Newspaper article
By: Dave Anderson
Date: July 6, 1975
Source: Anderson, Dave. "Tennis in Cold Blood." The...
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