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...last accomplishment to etch their names in history. For the two dominant tennis players of the decade past, Ivan Lendl and Martina Navratilova, all the conceivable goals of a career have narrowed to one: the All-England Lawn Tennis championship, or Wimbledon, which starts this week and is the sport's premier tournament precisely because it is the most historic...
Navratilova and Lendl both bypassed June's French Open, one of the sport's four Grand Slam events and a pivotal factor in determining the No. 1 ranking that Lendl has and that Navratilova aches to regain from Steffi Graf. They / stayed away because the slow brick-dust surface in Paris rewards tactics that are entirely different from what works on the fast and often bumpy grass at Wimbledon. With only two weeks between the tournaments, there was too little time to shift gears. Clay-court players typically stay back near the baseline and trade shots until an opponent makes...
Navratilova was voted by U.S. newspaper editors as the outstanding woman in any sport of the '80s, and her record 74 consecutive victories in singles and 109 straight in doubles ensure a place in history. She has earned tens of millions of dollars in endorsements, appearance fees at tournaments and exhibition matches, and prizes. What drives her is the desire to be the winningest ever at Wimbledon: "It is the thing I want to win more than anything else in the world. It has nothing to do with money. It's the best tournament...
Watching Ryan's smooth, ferocious delivery, a fan sees the sport at its elemental best. For baseball is a game of catch. A pitcher throws the ball, and the batter watches. Half the time, according to a study in The Stats Baseball Scoreboard, he does not even swing. On more than 60% of all pitches, his bat does not touch the ball. The result is a lot more whiffs now than in the old days. Last year batters earned 3% more bases on balls than in 1930, but struck out 75% more often. Flash, not finesse, is the hallmark...
...SPORT: Nolan Ryan...