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Ever since Suzanne Lenglen breezed to victory in a headband and short-sleeved dress in 1919, Wimbledon has been a showcase for style. This year, it's the on-court officials' turn to wow the crowds. For the first time in Wimbledon's 129-year history, the All England Club has broken with tradition and invited a big-name designer to dress up the umpires, line judges and "ball kids." That imported Americanism - the traditional English terms remain ball boys and ball girls - is apt, since the sponsorship deal, worth an estimated $10 million over five years, was awarded...
Minus the external conditions in Williamsburg, Harvard also had to deal with an on-court problem: the return of Horned Frogs No. 1 and national No. 12 Nicole Leimbach, who had been absent for the teams’ last competition...
...men’s volleyball team on Saturday afternoon. Despite struggling early in each game, the Crimson rolled to its sixth straight victory, defeating non-league foe Wentworth in three frames (30-23, 30-24, 30-18) at the Malkin Athletic Center. Harvard spent most of the game practicing on-court situations and trying different rotations, rather than focusing on the Leopards’ attack. But that did not detract from the squad’s overall level of play. “I thought it was a good game for us,” co-captain John Freese said...
Here's some truth: since her surprise win at Wimbledon 14 months ago, Sharapova has aced the pundits who thought she would be a one-stroke wonder, mixing a rare brand of off-court glam and on-court grit to earn the world's top spot. Remember, we have heard a story like this before. A beautiful Russian prodigy, reared at a Florida tennis factory, splashes onto the scene--and claims more magazine covers than she does trophies. But while Anna Kournikova treated tennis as if it were a pushy paparazzo, the game is Sharapova's Prince Charming...
Make us racquet hacks feel better: What was your most embarrassing on-court moment...