A PAIR BEYOND COMPARE - Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com
May 26, 1986 · Martina leads 18-2, their last meeting being a 6-2, 6-1 shellacking of Chris in Dallas in March that both competitors think was as powerful a match as Navratilova has ever played. Martina is now...
ESPN.com: Page 2 : The streak that won't be broken
Aside from Christy Mathewson and company, no other team is even a speck in the Lakers' rearview mirror. On Oct. 31, 1971, Elgin Baylor, arguably the greatest forward ever to that point, played...
Today in Sports – Klay Thompson sets an NBA record for the
Jan 22, 2025 · 1987 — Hana Mandlikova upsets Martina Navratilova 7-5, 7-6 to win the Australian Open. 1988 — Steffi Graf wins the Australian Open with a 6-1, 7-6 victory over Chris Evert.
FOR THOSE THAT PAVED THE WAY - Baylor
2 days ago · Jerry Hill Baylor Bear Insider Felecia Mulkey was convinced that she was going to be the next Mary Lou Retton. For Nicki Collen, it was actually tennis player Chris Evert. Stacey Smith wanted to follow in the footsteps of four-time Baylor track All-American SheShe Crawford. "I wanted to be an elite tennis player when I was young, and I remember Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova," Collen said ...
Today in Sports - Klay Thompson sets an NBA record for the most …
Jan 22, 2024 · 1987 — Hana Mandlikova upsets Martina Navratilova 7-5, 7-6 to win the Australian Open. 1988 — Steffi Graf wins the Australian Open with a 6-1, 7-6 victory over Chris Evert. 1993 — Mike Gartner of the New York Rangers sets an NHL record when he reaches 30 goals for the 14th consecutive season.
Martina and Chrissie: The Greatest Rivalry in the History of Sports
May 14, 2019 · MARTINA & CHRISSIE is a non-fiction children's book about the friendship and on-court rivalry between Chrissie (Chris) Evert and Martina Navratilova. The book explores the different backgrounds in which the women were raised, their on-court rivalry, and their off-court friendship and how real sportsmanship should be displayed.
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This day in sports: ‘Basebrawl’ for Yankees and Red Sox in 1976
May 20, 2020 · Graf’s streak is the second longest in the modern era of women’s tennis. Martina Navratilova won 74 straight in 1984. Seles, 16, takes 63 minutes to oust Graf, who was trying to win her fifth...
ESPN.com: Top N. American athletes of the century
Martina Navratilova 20. Ty Cobb 21. Gordie Howe 22. Joe DiMaggio 23. ... Elgin Baylor 59. Billie Jean King 60. Walter Johnson 61. Stan Musial 62. Jerry West 63. ...
ESPN.com - ESPNINC/PRESSRELEASES - ESPN unveils …
Sept. 14, 1999 A week after celebrating its 20th anniversary, ESPN unveiled its SportsCentury list of the 20 greatest North American athletes at a press conference today at the brand new flagship...
The 100 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century - Topend Sports
Unfortunately, they decided not to list them in order, so according to the book, we don't know who they considered as the greatest. However, there is a list online of the greatest athletes of the century, credited as being created by a team at Associated Press.