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DIED. BOBBY RIGGS, 77, tennis star; in San Diego. In 1939 Wimbledon-winning Riggs was the greatest tennis player on the planet. But his enduring legacy is surely the antics of his later life--most notoriously the 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" against women's tennis star Billie Jean King. King cleaned the court with the 55-year-old Riggs, who raised sexist posturing to self-parody--and inadvertently fueled the nation's growing interest in women's tennis...
ARRESTED. PETER GRAF, 57, father of tennis titan and recent Wimbledon champion Steffi Graf; on charges of underpaying his taxes by $7.2 million over four years; in Bruhl, Germany. Peter, longtime manager of his daughter's court winnings, stands accused of harboring a racket of his own. Steffi remains under investigation...
...Wimbledon showing favoritism toward top seed Andre Agassi? Or is BORIS BECKER being weird? "It cannot just be a coincidence that it is always Agassi at 2 p.m. on Centre Court," said Becker, who played Centre Court only once this year (and lost). "I think Nike has something to do with it." Wimbledon officials denied the charges...
...petulant but unrepentant Jeff Tarango was hit with the highest fine in Wimbledon tournament history -- $15,500 -- for his outburst on Saturday. The breakdown: $10,000 forverbally abusing an umpire, $5,000 for defaulting the tennis match, and $500 for telling spectators to "shut up." The fine broke the previous record of $10,000 levied against John McEnroe for verbally abusing a line judge. Despite earning $29,984 in his best ever performance in a Grand Slam event, fines and taxes left Tarango with only $2,961 for the tournament. The good news: Tarango's wife was not penalized...
...year ago between Harvard and Yale. That match, which the Crimson pulled out 5-4 by virtue of a thrilling, come-from-behind 3-2 game victory by Ben-Shachar, went down in squash history as one for the ages--comparable in racket history to the 1981 Borg-McEnroe Wimbledon final...