A recently produced biopic from Ashe’s home state of Virginia, “Hometown Hero” recounts the legacy of the tennis player, educator and activist through the eyes of historians, friends and acquaintances. […]
Russ Adams In the wake of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, we thought we would share this inspiring post by Michael Beschloss of the New York Times about Arthur’s challenging trajectory to […]
© The Times of Trenton On Monday, May 27 National Junior Tennis and Learning of Trenton (NJTLT) hosted the 5th Annual Short Court Championships. More than 200 kids from elementary […]
The ITA/Arthur Ashe, Jr. Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship Award takes into account a player’s tennis accomplishments, scholastic achievements and extracurricular endeavors. Just as Arthur Ashe was a great player […]
Yesterday various news outlets announced that Michael Sam, a former defensive end at the University of Missouri, would be the recipient of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2014 […]
© Southern Spaces Journal NY Times Op-Ed contributor Timothy Egan offers an interesting perspective on the power of sport to be a catalyst for progressive attitudes and change in American […]
Alexandra crossing the finish line This year one of our very own Arthur Ashe Learning Center board members, Alexandra Dell, decided to run the Boston Marathon. In addition to running […]
To the average man in the average American community, Jackie Robinson was just what the sports pages said he was, no more, no less. He was the first Negro to […]
© Randy Olson for The Atlantic According to this article in The Atlantic, it is unlikely. Many economists have tried to calculate the growth rate of college tuition compared with […]
© Yana Paskova, New York Times Desmond Romeo, originally from Trinidad, opened Dr. Cuts on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn twelve years ago. Since that time he has worked closely with […]