Word: bjorn
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John McEnroe swept confidently past Bjorn Borg in four sets yesterday to take his third straight United States Open championship and establish himself as the undisputed king of men's tennis...
...most stunning change of all was made on Centre Court. For the first time in half a decade, Bjorn Borg was beaten at Wimbledon, and a new champion, John McEnroe, was crowned. McEnroe, whose tantrums angered the crowds and, at one point, moved officials to threaten his expulsion from the tournament, beat Borg, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4, in a tense duel that saw two sets determined by tie breakers. The only link to the past left intact was the dominance of Chris Evert Lloyd. She won her third Wimbledon title by unnerving and outplaying Hana Mandlikova...
...than routine life, though today the distinction is often blurred. Star-struck by the endless celebrity parade, a growing number of ordinary people stage self-dramatizations in public places. But are the pseudo John Travolta, roller-discoing among the pedestrians, and the orthodontist attending the U.S. Open dressed like Bjorn Borg intentionally ironic or deadly serious...
...cherub of tennis broadcasting tumbled to new lows in sports coverage with his shot-by-shot coverage of Saturday's thrilling McEnroe-Borg final. You no doubt recall last year's Wimbledon confrontation between the two top players in men's tennis, when Collins again and again shouted that "Bjorn can taste victory, but John keeps sprinkling pepper all over it." For Bud, this year's final was even spicier...
...answer, sad to say, is that few people can even imagine watching tennis on television without hearing Bud Collins reciting poetry in the background. We have even become accustomed to the Bud Collins I'm really-excited-and can't-speak-English routine. ("Ooh...John got it...ah. Bjorn...unbelievable!...bang, he's got it...oh no!... the Swedish assassin...