The Rise and Fall of the Cascades
How a plucky squad of underdogs from Portland crashed team tennis' free-spending party -- and didn't live to tell about it.
Tennis' Best-Kept Secret
Traditionalists may cringe at it, but that's what makes professional women's doubles so much fun today. It’s the Wild West out there.
The Fire Girl of the Golden West
It took the greatest disaster in Berkeley's history for Helen Wills to recognize her destiny.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Why Sara Errani deserves more of it
The Italian spitfire doesn't have the size or athleticism to be a great tennis player -- and yet she is.
'Epic' vs. 'High Strung'
Professional tennis in the 1970s always has been the perfect subject for a book. You’ve got jet-setting athletes, disco, cocaine, short-shorts, sideburns and a newly freewheeling attitude about sex. How could you go wrong?
The Greatest Rivalry of All Time
Federer vs. Nadal? Borg vs. McEnroe? No, nothing can compare to the 1937 barnstorming tour of Ellsworth Vines and Fred Perry.
When 'Gorgeous Gussie' Moran Shocked the World
Photographers captured the frilly full moon of her rump at the 1949 Wimbledon, and nothing was ever the same for her again.
How a plucky squad of underdogs from Portland crashed team tennis' free-spending party -- and didn't live to tell about it.
Tennis' Best-Kept Secret
Traditionalists may cringe at it, but that's what makes professional women's doubles so much fun today. It’s the Wild West out there.
The Fire Girl of the Golden West
It took the greatest disaster in Berkeley's history for Helen Wills to recognize her destiny.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Why Sara Errani deserves more of it
The Italian spitfire doesn't have the size or athleticism to be a great tennis player -- and yet she is.
'Epic' vs. 'High Strung'
Professional tennis in the 1970s always has been the perfect subject for a book. You’ve got jet-setting athletes, disco, cocaine, short-shorts, sideburns and a newly freewheeling attitude about sex. How could you go wrong?
The Greatest Rivalry of All Time
Federer vs. Nadal? Borg vs. McEnroe? No, nothing can compare to the 1937 barnstorming tour of Ellsworth Vines and Fred Perry.
When 'Gorgeous Gussie' Moran Shocked the World
Photographers captured the frilly full moon of her rump at the 1949 Wimbledon, and nothing was ever the same for her again.
Read Douglas Perry's ebook, "The Fall and Rise of Roger Federer: 9 Unexpected Turning Points in Tennis History."
