Martina Navratilova has won another Wimbledon title, taking the Ladies’ Invitational Doubles crown. She and partner Jana Novotna beat two Americans, Tracy Austin and Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel, in the finals, 7-5, 6-0. The invitational doubles is kind of like the seniors tour on the PGA; The competitors included other retired names like Conchita Martinez, Martina Hingis […]
By Cyd Zeigler | July 5, 2010There’s been so much written, both here and elsewhere, about the life and death of Brendan Burke that it almost seems redundant to add to it, but this is certainly worthy of a few more words. As he promised, today Brian Burke, Brendan’s father and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, marched in the […]
By Outsports Archives | July 4, 2010EDITOR’S NOTE: A decade ago, we marked the 4th of July by sharing the words that were not cut from Thomas Jefferson’s original version of the Declaration of Independence, words that condemned slavery. Click here to read more about the removal of those words. Here’s Cyd’s original post from 2010: It’s Independence Day weekend in […]
By Cyd Zeigler | July 2, 2010