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Auger-Aliassime Wins 2023 Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award For Philanthropic Work In Africa

Felix Auger-Aliassime was bestowed with a prestigious award category on ATP Awards Week thanks to his outstanding humanitarian contributions in his father’s homeland. Auger-Aliassime is the proud winner of the 2023 Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award and is the first Canadian player to receive this honor since it was incepted in 1983. It is an award […]

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U.S. Open sets attendance record

The 2023 U.S. Open set records for overall attendance and also for crowd sizes at both the men’s and women’s finals. A total of 799,402 spectators attended the main draw from Aug. 28 through Sunday in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. That was a boost of 3 percent from last year’s total of 776,120. Coco Gauff’s championship […]

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NCAAF best bets: Nebraska-Colorado is a Prime opportunity

We flirted with that SGP yesterday, we just needed a few more Isiah Pacheco yards and Marquez Valdes-Scantling to score. Maybe Patrick Mahomes should have thrown his way instead of targeting Kadarius Toney.  Fridays ’round these parts are all about football. Time to get our weekend affairs in order. Buying all-in to Prime Time Maybe […]

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Coco Gauff overcomes long protest delay to reach maiden U.S. Open final

Coco Gauff will be playing in the 2023 US Open final after beating Karolina Muchova and overcoming a 50-minute delay. After meeting in the Cincinnati Masters final recently , the two players met once again, this time contesting the 2023 US Open semifinal. With their current form, Gauff and Muchova are certainly among the strongest […]

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Watch: Bizarre protest causes long delay during Coco Gauff’s U.S. Open match

The women’s semifinal match at the U.S. Open between Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova was suspended for nearly an hour on Thursday night after climate change protestors caused a disturbance in the stands. Three spectators stood up wearing T-shirts that said “End Fossil Fuels,” while also chanting to disrupt the match. Two of the protestors […]

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Black Tennis Stars Dominate, Make History at the 2023 US Open

If you thought Serena and Venus Williams’ influence on American tennis was done, you were wrong. Look no further than the 2023 US Open to see how Black players are not only thriving, but taking over the sport. For the first time in the sport’s open era—which began in 1968 when both professionals and amateurs […]

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