Jack Kramer

CIF Southern Section announces its 100 greatest athletes

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'Never seen' but well-documented Ansel Adams photographs on display in Palos Verdes

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PASSINGS: Jeanne Austin, Gerald Roush

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Jack Kramer memorial service to be held Saturday

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Jack Kramer dies at 88; champion ushered in era of pro tennis

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Tennis legend Jack Kramer, considered by many the most influential person in the game in the last 60 years, died late Saturday night at his home in Los Angeles. He was 88. He had been diagnosed in mid-July with soft tissue sarcoma, a cancer of the...

Old-time events help shape all-time greats

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Before they became among the best their sports had ever seen, Pete Sampras and Tiger Woods were Southern California teenagers performing in old, venerable tournaments that had been around since the turn of the 20th century. Before the first Rose Bowl was...

Southern Section

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Saturday, Nov. 20 SOUTHERN SECTION INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT REGIONALS Third Round At Agoura and Oak Park High School SINGLES--Hilary Barte, Harvard-Westlake d. Nadia Sakhakorn, Saugus, 6-0, 6-2; Kristen McVitty, Calabasas d. Kate Carnahan, Chaminade, 6-...

SOUTHERN SECTION

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Saturday, Nov. 6 ACADEMY LEAGUE At Balboa Bay Club, Newport Beach SINGLES Final Carissa Aboubakare (FP) d. Bianca Aboubakare (FP), 6-2, 6-1. Semifinals Bianca Aboubakare (Farimont Prep) d. Stephanie Langer (Sage Hill), 6-2, 6-2; Carissa Aboubakare...

Zillman finds groove

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Rose out of Montebello High to win Wimbledon in 1947 and become tennis Arnold Palmer . What a racket.

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, a world-renowned tennis player in the 1940s and early '50s and a well-known businessman and tennis promoter in Southern California for more 60 years, died late Saturday night at his home in Los Angeles. He was 88.

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