Hulton Deutsch//Getty Images A portrait of Gibson in 1957. Some in the Black press angled to get a read on Althea’s state of mind as she stood on the brink of possible world triumph, but few ...

Community, Access Entertainment, and Four Daughters are teaming on an adaptation of The Match: Althea Gibson & Angela Buxton: ...

Author Ashley Brown will speak at the Los Angeles Tennis Club on her new book, Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea ...

Winning a Grand Slam is every tennis player's dream, but winning 23 of them in singles and 14 in women's doubles with your ...

Netflix’s ‘Nonnas’ writer will turn Bruce Schoenfeld’s account of a Jewish woman and a Black woman forming an unlikely ...

With this latest project, the Williams sisters and Isha Price shine a spotlight on the life-changing potential of sport ...

Today’s Sports Highlight in History: In 1950, Althea Gibson becomes the first black player to compete in the U.S. Open. Gibson wins her first round match, defeating Barbara Knapp of Britain 6-2 ...

(Book World review.) In 1957, Althea Gibson became the first Black tennis player to win the Wimbledon singles title. She also accomplished a remarkable number of other firsts. Jacobs’s lively ...

The sudden announcement of the renaming to Althea Gibson Way comes after continued friction over the change between Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey and Leon County Commissioner Bill Proctor ...