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When the rains ended at this year's Wimbledon, Jimmy Connors, 29, again had his place in the sun: the legendary grass of Centre Court. In the title match, Connors revived fires of the past to defeat last year's champion, 23-year-old John McEnroe, 3-6...
Jimmy Connors, bearing down on 30, was thinking of more than winning, savoring a big chance and leaving it to others to reckon how much remains of the skill that brought him the 1974 championship. "It never slips away until it's gone," said Connors, a former wise guy...
As attested by his straight set, 45-minute routing by Yannick Noah last week on his favorite surface, clay. Borg's return to top-flight tennis will require both time and match play against his real competitors (Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe, and Jimmy connors), and not against satellite stars whom...
With Jimmy Connors dynamoed-out, Roscoe Tanner permed-out, and Vitas Gerulaitis sped-out, Wimbledon hardly promises the stellar quality of tennis it has provided in the past two years. After all, Mac Attack was pressed to reveal his shot-making legerdemain because of the fierce competition provided by arch...
THE NOTEBOOK: The three stars as selected by the Cambridge media: Visone, Powers, P.C.'s Paul Guay... The last time Harvard won an overtime game was 25 months ago at Boston University. Dave Connors scored a similar goal late in overtime to win that one... Kukulowicz, who skated with the...