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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe great tennis historian and journalist Bud Collins is dead
He was 86. He was a decent man - a really nice man. He had a lot of good things to say about the Williams sisters when all about him were attacking them - long before they were great.
Rest great one.
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The great tennis historian and journalist Bud Collins is dead (Original Post)
malaise
Mar 2016
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joeybee12
(56,177 posts)1. He knew his stuff and loved the game
RIP
malaise
(275,410 posts)2. He was light years ahead of the pack
from way back when
malaise
(275,410 posts)4. Here's a nice link
RufusTFirefly
(8,812 posts)5. His tennis analogies were a lot like his pants
But he was still a fixture of my youth.
I have fond memories of watching "Breakfast at Wimbledon" with Collins describing the scene in his one-of-a-kind way.
Rest in peace, Bud!
malaise
(275,410 posts)6. As in colorful
underpants
(185,330 posts)7. Yes he was a driving force in the popularity of tennis
Breakfast at Wimbledon (I beleive his saying) was a staple of summer when I was a kid like the Indy 500 and the Jerry Lewis telethon.
dhill926
(16,755 posts)8. a great one...
saw him speak a couple of times at Indian Wells. Really helped put tennis on the map...