Category Archives: Tennis

USTA Eastern Presents: Battle Of The Boroughs Tennis Challenge!

Battle of the Boroughs Tennis Challenge

USTA Eastern and City Parks Foundation are teaming up to present The Battle of the Boroughs Tennis Challenge, a new adult recreational tournament. Continue reading

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Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program on USTA Free Tennis Play Day

More than 150 kids got a chance to enjoy tennis and a good workout at Howard Bennett Playground in Harlem, on Friday, Sept. 21 as P.S. 197M and Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program (HJTEP) hosted a USTA Free Tennis Play Day in celebration of Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play. Continue reading

Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program Host USTA in Harlem

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced that its hosting thousands of USTA Free Tennis Play Days in celebration of Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play throughout the country in an effort to get kids active and involved in tennis during National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month in September. Continue reading

Harlem Week’s 10 and Under Tennis Play Day With The USTA

As part of HARLEM WEEK,children will get a chance to play tennis and learn about the history of African Americans in the sport, as USTA Eastern and the Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program host a free 10 and Under Tennis Play Day. Continue reading

The Marc Rasbury Show: NY’s Jets & Giants, the Yankees Red Sox and More

Join host Marc “the Rass” Rasbury as he talks about sports today: life after the London 2012 Olympics; the NY Yankees don’t wear Red Sox; the NY Giants predicts for 2012, the NY Jets quarterback soap opera, and the Harlem summer basketball tournaments with SlamJam, Rucker and YES’s SmartBall leaques.

Listen to the conversation today right here at 3 pm today.

2012 USTA Arthur Ashe Day, Saturday, August 25th

Pop-vocal sensation The Wanted, chart-topping singer Carly Rae Jepsen, special guest performer Owl City,… Continue reading

17th Annual Full-Day Tennis & Music Festival Kicks Off 2012 At The US Open

The USTA announced today that pop-vocal sensation The Wanted, chart-topping singer Carly Rae Jepsen, special guest performer Owl City and from Nickelodeon’s How to Rock,  Cymphonique Miller and Max Schneider, will team up with reigning US Open Champion Novak Djokovic,… Continue reading

All Hail the Queen

 

By Marc Rasbury

Even among all of the excitement pertaining to the MLB All Star Game and ever revolving drama associated with NBA free agency activities, we would be remiss if we did not take time out to give one Serena Williams her props. Continue reading

Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Celebrates 40 Years With USTA

40-Love represents a commanding lead in tennis, and for the Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program (HJTEP), “40-Love” represents the celebration of its 40th Anniversary. Continue reading

Statue of Harlem’s Althea Gibson first black woman to win Wimbledon

Mary Drayton was a wide-eyed 8-year-old sitting next to her aunt, tennis great Althea Gibson, as she was showered with ticker tape in the Canyon of Heroes in Lower Manhattan. Continue reading