Maybe Rodney Dangerfield best described Ivan Lendl in 1986: no respect. There were other great sports stories such as the Super Bowl Bears, Bird's legendary Celtics, Jack Nicklaus' last Masters title, and the drama of the Mets and Red Sox World Series. L

Talk of a potential men’s player boycott against the Grand Slam tournaments heated up during the 2012 Australian Open. A boycott of a major tournament would be the first since the infamous men’s boycott at Wimbledon in 1973 that helped forge the ATP (Ass

As 1967 spring training approached, a Globe column under the byline of Bud Collins appeared. It was entitled "Will the Sox have More Buddins?" The reference is to Don Buddin, who played shortstop for the team in the late 50's and early 60's. Buddin, who

It has long been ESPN's intention to dominate coverage of the Grand Slam events, and as the Australian Open hits its first-week stride, we're seeing clear-cut evidence of the plan. Tennis Channel remains a vibrant entry, with a measure of live coverage,

AtLeast one of the check box should be selected You are following news about Follow the latest news about VZ NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Tennis Channel and Verizon FiOS TV have reached a new multiyear carriage agreement, it was

Ken Rosewall, the reigning champion at 37, had just won his fourth Australian Open, but he felt a little guilty. “It’s not good for tennis generally for me to still be winning,” he told The Age, a Melbourne newspaper, after beating Mal Anderson, who was

Bud Collins, the world’s most famous tennis historian and journalist, reviews the history of the Australian Open in this exclusive excerpt from his famed book THE BUD COLLINS HISTORY OF TENNIS ($35.95, New Chapter Press, www.NewChapterMedia.com)

Who is the greatest tennis player of all time? This is a question that is discussed almost daily in the tennis world. But how does one compare players from different generations? How would Pete Sampras fair against Don Budge or Jack K

Have you ever read a book that, once you finished it, made you wonder: What did I do, what did I think, before I read that? Now that I ask the question, I’m not completely sure that I ever have. There have been plenty of books I’ve loved at the time—Brav