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Roscoe Tanner told ESPN about the advice Arthur Ashe gave him the same year Ashe went on to win -- and it didn't work.
Stan Smith, Richard Evans and Chris Eubanks reflect on the 50th anniversary of Arthur Ashe's Wimbledon victory.
This Wimbledon marks the 50th anniversary of one of the great grudge matches of all time, Arthur Ashe's finals victory over ...
He became the first and only Black man to win a Wimbledon singles title by outsmarting Jimmy Connors in the final.
WIMBLEDON, England -- Arthur Ashe's famous victory over Jimmy Connors in the 1975 Wimbledon final will go down in history as perhaps the best tactical display in a Grand Slam final. Usually a big ...
It was in London in 1975, and Ashe was scheduled to play Jimmy Connors, the defending champion and world No. 1, in the ...
On July 5, 1975, Richmond native Arthur Ashe upset Jimmy Connors in the Wimbledon final. Fifty years later, it is not viewed ...
Fifty years have now passed since Ashe stunned Connors in four sets to become the first – and to this day only – Black man to ...
In 1975, Arthur Ashe staged the one of the greatest upsets in tennis history over Jimmy Connors to become the only Black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
From rural reservations to shebeens or speakeasies (bars) - wherever black people gathered, they were talking about Ashe's ...
Arthur Ashe's historic 1975 Wimbledon victory over Jimmy Connors remains the only Grand Slam singles title by a Black male ...