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...loser in the election, Althea Garrison (R), claimed just over 2% of the votes. Garrison is a regular candidate on the Boston political scene, known for changing loyalties from Democrat to Independent to Republican and changing sex from male to female...
...little depth there used to be in women's sports is truly stunning. In the 1930s and '40s, Babe (Call Me Babe) Zaharias could traipse nonchalantly from being the greatest female track star to being the best female golfer. As recently as the late '50s, Althea Gibson, who won Wimbledon and the U.S. Open twice each with a racquet, also enjoyed a swell career with a driver. Today sprinter Marion Jones, who starred in college hoops at North Carolina, would love to moonlight in the WNBA but knows she can't. If she shifts focus for a nano...
...Winners ANNA PAVLOVA And she's still skinny. Leading ballerina returns to Russia after 70-year absence?in an urn ALTHEA GIBSON Black '50s tennis champ gets her mug on cereal box. When will Ilie Nastase get his due? SIEGFRIED AND ROY Las Vegas illusionists and tiger fetishists sign lifetime contract. Is there...
...Serena Williams was transformed. On Saturday evening in New York City, she became the first African American to win a tennis Grand Slam singles title since Arthur Ashe won Wimbledon in 1975, and the first African-American woman to win the U.S. Open since Althea Gibson in 1958. As a historymaker, Serena transfigured her family as well. She, her sister Venus and their father Richard were no longer the loudest mouths on the tennis circuit. She had shown the world that her father was not just some voice crying in the wilderness but a true prophet. He had long predicted...
...interview, Althea P. Scott '98--a two-year mentor in the summer program and a friend of Eric's--recalled his ability to reach out to the six-and seven- year-olds who participate in the summer program...