Why a German anthem shouted at the US Open enraged one of the world’s top tennis players
When Alexander Zverev heard a shout of 'Deutschland Über Alles,' he understood the ugly history behind those words
When Alexander Zverev heard a shout of 'Deutschland Über Alles,' he understood the ugly history behind those words
'He just said the most famous Hitler phrase there is in this world. It’s not acceptable,' Zverev said to the umpire
Meet Jewish tennis champ Harold Solomon, the man behind all those tennis 'bagels'
Winning Thursday’s match would make her first Jewish woman to make final since 1956 — that is, if she's actually Jewish
For 25 years, the Jewish Sports Review determined which athletes were members of the tribe — and which weren’t
Tennis has a few improbable stories — like Richard Williams teaching his daughters Serena and Venus to play on public courts in Compton, California. Or Novak Djokovic dodging bomb-cratered blocks in Belgrade, Serbia in order to get to his practices during the NATO assault on his country in the late 1990s. Or, consider the saga…
Angela Buxton, an English Jewish Wimbledon champion who died this week at age 85, left behind a legacy as a very good professional tennis player, but an exceptional human being. At a time when tennis was deeply segregated, she befriended Althea Gibson, a Black American tennis phenom, and stuck by her side as Gibson cracked…
(JTA) — A Jewish British tennis champ who won the women’s doubles at Wimbledon 63 years ago says an exclusive sport club refused to accept her because she is Jewish. Angela Buxton, who won at Wimbledon in 1956 with her American partner Althea Gibson, who was African-American, applied shortly after her win to join the…
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