Not just name-dropping here. Trying to establish something vaguely resembling tennis credentials. A lifetime ago, back when Gannett News Service, and its sports boss, Jerry Langdon, were ambitious and had money to spend … I got help with expenses for the 1985 tournament, and even more help in 1986. I had a local-local reason for […]

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Rafael Nadal just defeated Roger Federer in the longest championship match in Wimbledon history, and it had the feel of a torch being passed. From the former tennis king to the new one. Nadal has been whittling away at Federer’s supremacy, beating him now and then … to beating him regularly on clay … and […]

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