(CNN) -- Bill Tilden was a controversial tennis legend who dominated the sport ... Tilden remained a star attraction until well into his 40s, filling arenas such as Madison Square Garden in ...

he was invincible," wrote Frank Deford in "Big Bill Tilden." "Tilden simply was tennis in the public mind." Tilden was a shining light during sports' Golden Age. In the 1920s his star glowed as ...

William “Big Bill” Tilden, the Philadelphia native and Tennis Hall of Famer who dominated the early 20 th century game the way Babe Ruth dominated baseball, has been denied a historical ...

Some rewrote the record books, others changed the game entirely. In tennis, greatness isn’tjust about Grand Slams, but ...

“Bad Bill” Tilden ... sums for writing articles about tennis, should be classed as professionals. It was this resolution which gave offense to Champion Tilden. Next day his resignation ...

Joao Lucas Reis has made history to become the first openly gay active professional male tennis player ... 14-time majors winner Bill Tilden was similarly believed to be gay.

The former tennis star's counsel, Jonathan Laidlaw QC ... regardless of celebrity or wealth. Bill Tilden, a famous American tennis player, who was affiliated with Hollywood elites and played ...

Red Grange, Walter Hagen and Man o’ War, the gentlemanly game of tennis came out of the private ... Remarked haughty Bill Tilden: “The monotonous regularity with which that unsmiling, drab ...

he was invincible," wrote Frank Deford in "Big Bill Tilden." "Tilden simply was tennis in the public mind." Tilden was a shining light during sports' Golden Age. In the 1920s his star glowed as ...