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David Foster Wallace scrapes the stars ... and the barrel
David Foster Wallace's posthumous career — Wallace committed suicide in 2008 at the age of 46 — has produced nearly as many books as his live one did. In 2010, David Lipsky came out with "Although of Course You End up Becoming Yourself: A Road...
Tags: The New York Times, Arts and Culture, Literature, Tourism and Leisure, Roger Federer
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Cancer, heart surgery can't keep her from her true love
This is for all those people who are seriously ill and thinking they may never do what they love again. I was like that in 2010, recovering from back-to-back breast cancer and heart surgeries and the aftermath. I thought tennis, which is my athletic...
Tags: Hands, French Open, Wimbledon Championships, Pete Sampras, Heart Surgery
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The Bryan Street Book Club
The Bryan Street Book Club The club was started in 1977 by stay-at-home moms living in Elmhurst who wanted to have an evening of adult dialogue. Sometimes refreshments are themed with the book, i.e. margaritas were served with “A Pirate Looks at...
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No King-sized crowd on Billie Jean King Night
IRVINE — On Billie Jean King Night, the first one 100 fans received a free bobblehead of the tennis icon. That meant about half of everyone who came to watch the Orange County Breakers play on Wednesday night got a bobblehead. The turnout at the...
Tags: Tennis, AIDS, University of California, Irvine
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Cecil Mamiit delivers more than products at Burbank demo day
BURBANK — What was supposed to be a showcase of tennis products and services mixed in with a little instruction proved to be much more at Saturday's Cecil Mamiit demonstration day at the Burbank Tennis Center. The formerly-ranked tennis pro and...
Tags: Michael Chang, Maria Sharapova, French Open, Tennis
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World Team Tennis: Agassi, Breakers are golden
IRVINE — On the eve of the London Olympics, former world No. 1 tennis player Andre Agassi discussed Monday what it meant for him to win gold in 1996 in Atlanta. Agassi, who played against the Breakers in 2009, has always been a big supporter of...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Wimbledon Championships, Charter Schools, Tennis, Steffi Graf
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Federer Wins Seventh Wimbledon Title
CNNLONDON -- Roger Federer secured a record-equaling seventh Wimbledon title to dash the hopes of Andy Murray and a partisan Centre Court crowd. Federer made it 17 grand slam titles to his name after a two-and-a-half-year drought and matched the haul of...Tags: CNN (tv network), Andy Murray, Wimbledon Championships, Tennis, Roger Federer
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Virgen's View: King pumped for new Breakers
Billie Jean King wasn't bashful about her opinion on the state of tennis during a quaint meet-and-greet for the new Orange County Breakers at the Ayres Hotel in Costa Mesa Tuesday night. She said tennis, mainly men's, is great globally, but the U.S. is...Tags: Andy Roddick, Bobby Riggs, Lindsay Davenport, Tennis
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A whiter shade of privilege
I'm here to explain why George Zimmerman is white. This seems necessary given the confusion and anger with which some readers responded to my use of that word last week in this space to describe the man who shot an unarmed black teenager named Trayvon...
Tags: NAACP, Religion and Belief, Minority Groups, Slavery, Conan O'Brien
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A whiter shade of privilege
I'm here to explain why George Zimmerman is white. This seems necessary given the confusion and anger with which some readers responded to my use of that word last week in this space to describe the man who shot an unarmed black teenager named Trayvon...Tags: NAACP, Slavery, United States Census Bureau, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Conan O'Brien
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Inside job: U.S. track's CEO search finally ends
Six months ago, USA Track & Field handed Max Siegel a one-year deal as a consultant to give a struggling sport some new ideas in marketing, sponsorship, publicity and communications. Monday, it announced Siegel will run the whole show. The USATF board...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, NASCAR, NBC (tv network), Hobbies, Awards and Prizes
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Young Courts Plus Tennis Players Shine at Powershares Pro Challenge
TribLocal - ElmhurstFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 15, 2011 Contact: Megan McNamara(630) 993-8925mmcnamara@epd.org Young Courts Plus Tennis Players Shine at Powershares Pro Challenge ELMHURST, Ill. – Several Courts Plus …...
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