Fifty years have now passed since Ashe stunned Connors in four sets to become the first – and to this day only – Black man to ...

Richmond native Arthur Ashe upset Jimmy Connors in the Wimbledon final. Fifty years later, it is not viewed as one of the ...

Arthur Ashe was never afraid of changing tack. He arrived at his only Wimbledon final 50 years ago having darted his way through a nettlesome draw as something approaching a nostalgia favorite, ...

Half a century later, Arthur Ashe's historic win at Wimbledon paved the way for others to follow in his illustrious path.

Arthur Ashe's historic 1975 Wimbledon victory over Jimmy Connors remains the only Grand Slam singles title by a Black male ...

Ashe, a man as concerned with politics as tennis, was a one-off. He remains the only player to spend the night before the final playing blackjack at the Playboy Club into the early hours ( “We know ...

Independence Day is typically filled with pyrotechnics celebrating America, and many athletes have used the Fourth of July to ...

2015 — The United States wins its third Women’s World Cup title and first since 1999 with a 5-2 victory over Japan behind a first-half hat trick by Carli Lloyd.

On July 5, 1975, Richmond native Arthur Ashe upset Jimmy Connors in the Wimbledon final. Fifty years later, it is not viewed ...