January 25, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
In the spirit of the holiday season, USTA Eastern Long Island teamed up with United Way of Long Island to hold its first Corporate Tennis Challenge Fundraiser in December.
January 12, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
USTA Serves, the National Charitable Foundation of the United States Tennis Association, has announced that it has granted 41 community tennis and education organizations in the U.S. more than $400,000 in grants. Combined with scholarship awards, USTA Serves distributed more than $1.5 million in 2011.
December 13, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Charles Nanton of West Hempstead, N.Y., affectionately known as “Coach” throughout the Malverne schools community, was named a “Hero on Our Island” by FIOS-1 News, the Long Island-focused news channel seen on Verizon FIOS cable systems.
October 27, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Hundreds of children from around Long Island learned tennis basics and had fun trying a new sport at the Annual Merrick Fair.
October 13, 2011
By Jacki Binder
Following up on a recent successful participation at the Bellmore Family Festival, the USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region is gearing up for the Merrick Street Fair on Saturday, Oct. 22.
September 27, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and members of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition lauded the USTA during Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play (WWDOP) this past Saturday, Sept. 24th, for its leadership and participation in the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA) challenge.
September 12, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
At the 2011 U.S. Open, First Lady Michelle Obama applauded the USTA for engaging millions of children in tennis, introducing tennis into thousands of elementary schools throughout the country, and building more than 2000 right-sized courts that provide a place for young people to play tennis.
September 7, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Jennifer Capriati, one of America's most dominant tennis players in the 1990s and early 2000s; Russia's first world number one Yevgeny Kafelnikov, and Brazilian tennis superstar Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten have been nominated to receive the highest honor available in the sport of tennis, induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
September 1, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced the recipients of its 2011 ICON Awards, which not only honor individuals and organizations that have made a positive impact on diversity and inclusion in our sport and society, but also emphasize the association’s commitment to fairness and equality.
August 25, 2011
By Michael Sarro
On Aug. 23, hundreds of fans were lined up outside Bar Basque in New York City just to catch a glimpse of defending U.S. Open champ, Rafael Nadal. Nadal was on hand to promote his new campaign with Bacardi Limited, Champions Drink Responsibly ...
August 1, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The Malverne School District’s second and third graders took to the courts recently during two field day events sponsored by the USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region.
July 14, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
America is searching for that next big tennis star and it could be your child! With the growing popularity of QuickStart Tennis for young children, the USTA encourages children 10 years of age and under to pick up a racket and get out on the court in 2011.
July 7, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The leaders of the USTA Eastern Section will be traveling to tennis facilities across the Section to hear what’s on the minds of local tennis providers, local players and volunteers, in the Section’s 2011 Listen and Learn Tour.
June 9, 2011
By Jonathan Klee
As the snow melts and the weather gets warmer, outdoor tennis makes its way back to Long Island. From the schools, to the parks, to the clubs, nothing can make you feel more like a beginner than hitting that first ball outside in a swirling wind after playing indoors all winter. Whereas the USTA Adult Leagues will mainly continue their indoor play, a well-established “niche” of outdoor leagues will begin.
June 2, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Thirty-one years after the stirring Wimbledon Gentlemen's Final that earned Hall of Famers John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg a place among history's great sports battles, HBO Sports looks back at their unforgettable rivalry of the 1970's and 1980's in the new documentary McEnroe/Borg: Fire and Ice.
April 11, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On Saturday April 9, 16 boys, ages 12 and under, took the courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center to compete in the Longines Future Tennis Aces event. They were all playing for the chance to win an all-expenses paid trip to the French Open to meet and play against tennis greats, Andre Agassi and Jim Courier at Roland Garros.
April 7, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
A distinguished physician, a veteran sports journalist, and two outstanding tennis players will become part of USTA Eastern history on April 29, as the Junior Tennis Foundation hosts the 24th Annual Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame Dinner at the Water Club in New York City.
March 23, 2011
By Anthony Pastecchi
On March 18, 7 For All Mankind Jeans sponsored a fraternity ping pong tournament hosted by Bloomingdale’s of Roosevelt Field and Long Island Tennis Magazine was on-hand to distribute free magazines to all attendees and support the event and the local participants by supplying press coverage.
March 22, 2011
By Michael Sarro
The Bayport Blue Point Community Tennis Association (BBPCTA) held a Pre-Season Tennis Invitational event, open to any varsity or junior varsity high school boy’s tennis players on Long Island.
February 28, 2011
By Erin Bruehl
Some kids were already avid tennis players, some were fans and others held a racquet and stepped on a court for the very first time. But whether they were continuing to enjoy the game they love or just being introduced to it ...
February 18, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region will kick off its new series of club owner workshops with a session focusing on cooperative advertising initiatives and search engine optimization, scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 23 from noon-2:00 p.m.
January 4, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has announced that, effective Jan. 1, 2011, its 15 member Board of Directors officially began its two-year term that will run through Dec. 31, 2012.
December 14, 2010
By Lonnie Mitchel
It’s a warm fall September day in 1975, and I am in my senior year of high school. The football players are getting ready for practice in the locker room. They have blood stains all over their shirts and pants and “machismo” oozing out of their lockers and onto the field.
December 13, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The men's tennis tuneup before the U.S. Open is moving from New Haven, Conn. to Winston-Salem, N.C., beginning in August 2011.
November 5, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) have announced that Billie Jean King is the recipient of the 2010 Fed Cup Award of Excellence.
