My friend Ryan Arguelles is going to USTA Nationals in Tucson later this month and wants to play some sets to help sharpen his game. He’s from Crown Heights Brooklyn and I’m in NJ so we decide to meet at the tennis courts at the Hudson River under the George Washington Bridge, which I have [...]
Oksana Baiul’s challenging life as an up and coming figure skater could resemble that of many striving prizefighters. Her mother died of cancer when she was 13. Having already lost both her maternal grandparents, and not knowing her father, there was no one to care for her. When her skating coach emigrated to Canada, Baiul [...]
