RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Groundbreaking black tennis player Arthur Ashe Jr.’s hometown of Richmond, Virginia has renamed a major thoroughfare after him, after years of effort. The Richmond Times-Dispatch ...

Diverse Issues in Higher Education‘s G.E. Branch III draws parallels between the career of the trailblazing tennis player and those of dynamic quarterbacks Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks and ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Fifty years ago today, one of Richmond’s most famous sons made history, some 3,700 miles from his hometown. On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe became the king of All England, conquering his ...

(CNN) — Arthur Ashe hits a slice serve with unerring accuracy, the ball arcing ever wider off the court. Jimmy Connors, his heavily favored opponent and the defending champion, gets just enough of his ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A special tennis event will take place at Richmond's Byrd Park on Thursday to honor tennis legend Arthur Ashe on what would have been his 82nd birthday. The "Tennis Under the Lights" ...

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The last Confederate monument still standing on Richmond, Virginia’s Monument Avenue, the massive tribute to General Robert E. Lee, was removed on Wednesday (Sept. 8). A 21-foot bronze sculpture ...

*An effort to get the life story of Arthur Ashe to the big screen has begun in Hollywood. Writer Krystin Ver Linden has just finished a script, titled “Ashe,” which follows not only the on-court story ...

I have been enjoying Wimbledon tennis on TV, and when the announcers recently paid tribute to native Richmonder and tennis great Arthur Ashe Jr., it caught my attention. Fifty years ago, Mr. Ashe won ...

*A number of items belonging to late tennis great Arthur Ashe are going to the highest bidder beginning Dec. 8. A private collector is selling 16 manuscripts and personal objects as one lot through ...