tennis

A coronavirus double fault
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 19, 2022
Top-ranked tennis star Novak Djokovic finally got his comeuppance for reckless behavior unbecoming of a global sports ambassador. Australia’s governme...
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Choices have consequences
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 12, 2022
Poor choices can have serious consequences — even for superstar athletes. Novak Djokovic is learning that lesson the hard way right now. Djokovic is t...
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The IOC is a craven handmaid of Beijing
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Dec 08, 2021
It should be a rule of thumb that the Olympic Games shouldn’t be held in countries that operate concentration camps. If this strikes you as an unreaso...
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Stars edge Penguins 2-1 in shootout
Local Sports, Pro, Sports
WILL GRAVES A.P. Sports Writer 
Oct 20, 2021
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joe Pavelski and Alexander Radulov scored in a shootout to lift the Dallas Stars over the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Tuesday night. ...
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Lady Owls tennis led by four returning letter winners
High School, Local Sports
JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
Sep 10, 2021
The Bradford girls’ tennis team is holding its own this year, depending on experience and teamwork. At this point in the season, the Lady Owls are 4-4...
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Naomi Osaka, role model
Opinion, Сolumns
ANDREAS KLUTH, Tribune News Service 
Jun 03, 2021
Golf is a game of inches, said Arnold Palmer, one of the sport’s greatest players. He added: “The most important are the 6 inches between your ears.” ...
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Bradford set for rematch with Ridgway in Jburg
Football, High School, Local Sports, ...
JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
Oct 09, 2020
JOHNSONBURG — There’s no doubting that Ridgway and Bradford are familiar with each other heading into Friday night’s matchup. Just two weeks since the...
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The good and bad of the local ‘bubble’
Columns, High School, Local Sports, ...
JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
Aug 26, 2020
Monday’s announcement of a potential “bubble” for our local four-county area (Elk, McKean, Potter and Cameron) and its high schools teams was perhaps ...
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Schools need to ready explanation
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 21, 2020
Legislative Republicans made a point Monday when they noted that the state Department of Health had failed to produce data supporting Gov. Tom Wolf’s ...
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A look at  PIAA’s return to play guidance
Columns, High School, Local Sports, ...
JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
Aug 05, 2020
Day by day, we’re inching closer to what’s scheduled to be the start to the fall athletic season for Pennsylvania’s high schools. Football teams can b...
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Coronavirus leaves sports ‘uncertainty’
Columns, Local Sports, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Apr 13, 2020
As this period without sports, indeed any semblance of normal life, drags on, I’ve drawn some conclusions about the emotional effect of the coronaviru...
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Sambrotto: Even now, sports do serve a purpose
Columns, Local Sports, Sports
ANTHONY SAMBROTTO asambrotto@bradfordera.com 
Mar 31, 2020
You can set your watch to it. Read a story about an athlete or a local sports team on a newspaper’s website or on social media these days, and you’re ...
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Who could’ve imagined a world without sports?
Columns, Local Sports, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Mar 24, 2020
This is an unprecedented time for sports fans. Come late March, in any other year, we’d be well into both men’s and women’s March Madness, the NBA and...
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