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...like passed over. Last week, at the ceremonies starting the U.S. Open and inaugurating the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, Gibson's name echoed in the list of past tournament winners. But few commentators noted that she was missing among the living champions gathered for the extravaganza. Andre Agassi's supposed snub of the opening ceremony was much easier to headline. But Gibson's absence was heart-wrenching. The new stadium was named for a man who broke race barriers in the '60s and '70s. Althea Gibson broke race barriers in the '50s: she was the first black person...
...Tennis Association was accused of rigging the seeding system to create an Andre Agassi vs. Pete Sampras final. One player walked out, and the threat of a boycott circulated. It wasn't exactly having Kevin Curren suggest that an atomic bomb be dropped on New York, but it did start the tourney with a bang...
Year after year Edberg has won the season-ending Sportsmanship Award until they were forced to name it after him--before he retired. In an age where Dieon Sanders, Shaquille O'Neal and Andre Agassi are being glorified, Stefan Edberg stepped out of big-time tennis as quietly and gracefully as he came in, more the champion than either of those three could imagine...
...Marcus Welby, M.D. and Hotel. The two were introduced at a party given by Streisand's onetime hairdresser-lover turned Hollywood mogul Jon Peters, according to Variety's old-time celeb columnist Army Archerd. For a Streisand beau, the twice-divorced Brolin is pretty low profile (remember Andre Agassi, Don Johnson, Peter Jennings and that guy who guest-stars on Friends, Elliott Gould?). It's probably only coincidence that this news broke just weeks before the arrival of Streisand's latest producing, directing, starring effort, The Mirror Has Two Faces...
...Unlike the Dream Team's 12 NBA all-stars , the Yugoslavian team has just three NBA players, none of whom have played in an all-star game. Charlotte's Vlade Divac leads Yugoslavia, along with Toronto's Zan Tabac and Miami's Sasha Daniliovic. In other events Saturday, Andre Agassi, trying to bounce back from disappointing early losses at the French Open and Wimbledon, goes for the gold medal against Spain's Sergi Bruguera. Agassi has benefited from a field weakened by upsets, injuries and the absence of many top players who chose to skip the Olympics to concentrate...