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This digital document is an article from St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 207 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries include subject-specific bibliographies and textual cross-references to related essays. ... Read more

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Chapters: Olympic Tennis Players of Czechoslovakia, Regina Maršíková, Petr Korda, Martina Navratilova, Cyril Suk, Jana Novotná, Helena Suková, Hana Mandlíková, Miloslav Mečíř, Pavel Složil, Karel Nováček, Jan Kodeš, Jaroslav Drobný, Renáta Tomanová, Milan Šrejber, Věra Suková, Jiří Javorský, Radka Zrubáková, Jiří Hřebec, Marián Vajda, Iva Budařová, Jan Koželuh, Milada Skrbková, Regina Rajchrtová. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 112. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:Cyril Suk III (born January 29, 1967 in Prague , Czechoslovakia ) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia , and then the Czech Republic . A doubles specialist, Suk has won one Grand Slam men's doubles title and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles during his career.Suk comes from a prominent Czech tennis family. His mother, V ra Suková , was a women's singles finalist at Wimbledon in 1962. His father, Cyril Suk II, was President of the Czechoslovakian Tennis Federation. His sister, Helena Suková , was an even more successful professional player on the women's tour who teamed-up with Suk to win three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in the 1990s.In 1985, Suk partnered fellow-Czech Petr Korda to win the boy's doubles title at the French Open . Suk and Korda were ranked the joint-World No. 1 junior doubles players that year.Suk claimed his first Grand Slam mixed doubles title in 1991 at the French Open, partnering sister Helena. In 1992, he teamed up with Larisa Neiland to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles title. He went on to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles crown on two further occasions partnering Helena in 1996 and 1997. In 1998, Suk teamed up with Sandon Stolle to win the US Open men's doubles title.Suk's career-high doubles ranking was World No. 7 in 1994. (In singles, his career-high ranking was World No. 180 in 1988. He has largely fo... ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Notable Sports Figures, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 2391 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Takes a close look at the people in sports who have captured attention because of success on the playing field, or controversy off the playing field. This work features biographies on more than 600 people from around the world and throughout history who have had an impact not only on their sport, but also on the society and culture of their times. It also includes not only the record-breakers that dominated and changed their sport, but also the controversial figures that made headlines even apart from athletic events. ... Read more

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In March 1973 two women met on a tennis court in Akron, Ohio. Over the course of the next sixteen years, together they would change the world. There has never been a sporting rivalry to match the intensity, longevity, public impact and emotional resonance of the eighty-match-long duel between Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. In their long careers Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert played each other eighty times, sixty of those in finals. For nearly two decades we were transfixed by the struggle between the ice-maiden Chris - blonde, all-American, a nation's sweetheart - and the supreme athlete Martina, a Czech defector, the first outspoken openly gay athlete in female sport, and a woman who wore her heart on her sleeve at all times. Their careers played out against the backdrop of seismic change in tennis and society, and, together, they helped change the face of women's sport. Thirty years on from that first meeting, both have become legends. Based on interviews with both Martina and Chris and those who knew them best, Johnette Howard gives us their remarkable story. ... Read more

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This issue of SI features Marina Navratilova on the cover and in a feature inside, plus features on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the Lakers, Rollie Fingers, Gerrie Coetzae, Ivan Lendl, Dara Torres, and much more! ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Sarasota Magazine, published by Clubhouse Publishing, Inc. on February 1, 2009. The length of the article is 2449 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Martina after 50 Casey key's tennis legend: shares her secrets for staying exuberant, energized and in--just look at her!--amazingly awesome shape.
Author: Hannah Wallace
Publication: Sarasota Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2009
Publisher: Clubhouse Publishing, Inc.
Volume: 31Issue: 5Page: 68(8)

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Navratilova and Nickles serve up an ace of a mystery!
Ex-Tennis pro Jordan Myles is looking for answers. She travels to southFlorida, Wimbeldon, and Flushing Meadows to find out just what has happenedto Audrey Armat, the best female tennis players in the world. When Audreyturns up dead, Jordan is determined to expose the killer, or dietrying.

A suspense-filled whodunnit that will keep you guessing up untilthe very end. Navratilova's extensive knowledge of tennis and tournamentsmake this an interesting read for enthusiasts and non-enthusiasts alike.Very similar to the "Brad Smith" tennis novels authored by JackM. Bickham and just as enjoyable.

Looking forward to more courtsidesuspense from Nickles and Navratilova! ... Read more

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MENACE, ANYONE?

At Desert Springs Sports Science Clinic bad things are happening to good people. Jasmine Li, darling of the tennis circuit, receives mysterious threats. Her fiancé, an ex-NFL star dead set on a tennis Grand Slam, has a tragic accident. Champ-turned-sports-therapist Jordan Myles has terrifying brushes with death.

Who's behind these frightening incidents? As Jordan chases clues in Madison Square Garden, Palm Springs, and Hilton Head, another sort of game emerges--one so brutal it makes tennis seem like tiddlywinks. . . . ... Read more

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Killer Instinct
I was fairly impressed with this book. When some sport celebrities try to branch out into other career fields, in particular, writing, they do not always manage to do a good job. Ms. Navratilova did a good job in creating Jordan Myles who finds herself attempting to solve a mystery that affects her company directly. Enough twists and turns to keep you guessing until the last chapter. Several tennis personalities that also make it interesting, if you are a tennis fan.

Not the best Jordan Myles Mystery!
I love Jordan Myles! She is cool, controlled, in charge, has no money problems that hinder her elegant clue-finding via the hardest accessible persons and places in the tennis world! To her this world is home and weparticipate. GREAT! And in addition the characters are convincing, charmingand the authoresses give us the best (real good characters are sacrificedfor the plot). But this third novell has a disappointing end (NO, I won'ttell a thing, read it and find out yourself!). Will Jordan Myles beFlorence Nightingale in the next book?Well, it just doesn't fit, thatending. There are some credibility-flaws in this one, that weren't there inthe first two novells. Can you kill an alligator with 38 caliber bullets?Well, I don't know. BUT: Read all three books and then lament with me orcontradict me!

First time reader surprised.
Being a first time reader of Martina, I was pleasantly surprised by her book.I do want to go out and read the other two, but I understand by some reviews that this is the best.I highly recommend if you're a mystery fan and enjoy tennis. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from American Decades: Primary Sources, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 705 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.American Decades Primary Sources provides fresh insight into the decade's most important events, people, and issues. Entries representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements and events from the decade. Also included are concise contextual information, notes about the author and further resources. American Decades Primary Sources includes chapters on the arts, medicine and health, media, education, world events, religion, government and politics, lifestyles and social trends, law and justice, religion, business and the economy, and sports. Included to provide unique perspectives and a wealth of understanding are first hand accounts that include oral histories, songs, speeches, advertisements, TV, play and movie scripts, letters, laws, legal decisions, newspaper articles, cartoonsand recipes. ... Read more

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The onetime Texas beauty queen traces her decision to leave her husband, a Texas doctor, her love affair with tennis star Martina Navratilova, whom she sued for palimony in 1991, and her abortive return to heterosexuality. ... Read more

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Bad book by a whiner
[...].This book has huge gaps in time, lacks any rational thought ([...]) and is short on any relevancy to most women (straight or gay).I will never be able to get back the few hours I spent reading this "book"...and that is a shame.

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neurotica - Texas style!
As Dorothy Parker once said in a review, "This book should not be tossed aside lightly, it should be thrown with great force."This is Part Duex of Ms. Nelson's self-aggrandizing, exploitative effort to wring yet another buck or two out of her experiences with her two notable exes - Rita Mae Brown and Martina Navaratilova.Please do not spend the money for this thing - we really don't want to encourage her.

A MUST READ
When I finished this book, I had a new respect for Judy Nelson. Witheverything that has been said and printed about her she still finds it inherself to let us in and get to know her a little better. Since the onlythings that we really knew before her books, was that she left her husbandand kids for another woman, she took alot of heat for that from both sides,gay and straight. She took even more heat when the two women parted companyand her first book. It takes real strength and character to come throughall of this and still refuse to tear Martina apart like she has done toJudy. I for one really thank Ms. Nelson for her honesty.

Absolutely "Riveting"
This book was magnificent.If you have ever been in love and lost that love, this is the book you needto read.I have read her first book"Love Match"and it was wonderful, but this book is "double" wonderful.She seems at peace finally and once again happy with her life.And if anyone deserves it, it is Ms. Nelson. She helped me in my time of crisis.I lost someone very special to me, and I read her book.The courage she exemplifies, made me feel like I had a friend to talk to.She is a wonderful person, makes you feel like she is your best friend.I truly hope she writes another wonderful book.

What a book!!!
This book, is a definate for anyone who needs the courage to make difficult choices in their lives. Judy Nelson has become a heroine of mine just for her convictions and her honesty. I really related to her. I read Love Match but found her changed and "still" in this one. I wish she would write more!!! ... Read more

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Covering the affair between tennis star Martina Navratilova and her married lover, Judy Nelson, a chronicle of love gone wrong discusses how the two met, fell in love, and separated bitterly, resulting in a much-publicized palimony suit. 40,000 first printing. ... Read more

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Soulless dribble
If Faulkner/Nelson team isn't embarrassed by this collaboration they must be members of the walking dead. Shameful, hoohah about nothing. Absolutely purposeless. At .01¢ it is over priced.I found my copy at the local library discard bin... now I know why. The genuinely talented Rita Mae Brown did herself a huge disservice letting her name appear on the cover. It only served to make her own self indulgent Martina catharsis "Sudden Death"seem like a mercy killing by associating her name with this garbage.

Self Serving Tabloid Tell-all--A Scorned Wife Pity Party
This is an interesting book, self-serving at times. It presents the relationship from Judy's point of view. The best part of the book is the Introduction by Rita Mae Brown--that is absolutely hilarious, but insightful. I kept reading her introduction over and over.
Presenting the printed version of-- THS: Judy Nelson. Judy tells of her childhood, being Maid of Cotton, her first marriage to her rich doctor hubby who was cheating on her with one of his nurses, and how she met Martina. She discusses their years together, but the bulk of the book is on Judy's "galimony" suit against Martina and the ensuing brouhaha and media circus. Judy, as Martina's wife, felt she deserved half of Martina's earnings and property gained during their time together. The book gets rather tiresome at times; Nelson tries very hard to convince the reader to side with her. She really wants your sympathy, so she pours it on thick, carefully omitting or playing down all the expensive gifts and jewelry and perks Martina showered upon her during their relationship.
You can see her point about why she went after Martina after their breakup, yet the book is so one-sided, you ache to hear Martina's side of the story as well. I don't think we will get that chance, as Martina does not care to stoop to Judy's level. For an insightful view of Judy and Martina, and of their galimony battle, read Rita Mae Brown's "Rita Will." It gives a thoughtful, yet hilarious account of Rita's involvement as mediator in the Martina/Judy battle. And Rita's accurate portrait of Judy is a scream--she describes Judy as a person "whose hair gets ruined by a ceiling fan" and other witty, caustic observations that are most unflattering. Rita Mae's insights helps you to understand Judy's book even better. All in all, Judy's book is an interesting read when you don't feel like taxing your brain.

Kept Woman
After reading this book what is clear is that Judy Nelson was basically a kept woman.The rich and famous can afford to do that...so long as they are rich and famous and their fragile egos are intact.And why is Nelsoncomplaining?For 6 years she had an intimate relationship with a celebrityand lived a lavish lifestyle.But like many relationships it came to aabrupt end when Navratilova simply moved on to another girlfriend.That'slife Nelson and it happens every day.Poetic justice for Nelson, whocheated on her husband Ed.Navratilova had an extended fling with Nelsonand Nelson thought it was love.

Superb, a literary must
This was a wonderful book.It gives insight not only to gay/lesbian relationships but all relationships.I recommend this book to anyone who has ever been in love and then lost that love! ... Read more

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Chapters: Regina Maršíková, Nicole Vaidišová, Martin Damm, Petr Korda, Martina Navratilova, Cyril Suk, Jana Novotná, Radek Št?pánek, Helena Suková, Tomáš Šmíd, Hana Mandlíková, David Rikl, Daniel Vacek, Tomáš Berdych, Lucie Šafá?ová, Ji?í Novák, Pavel Vízner, Pavel Složil, Lukáš Rosol, Iveta Benešová, František ?ermák, Karel Nová?ek, Ota Fukárek, Kv?ta Peschke, Klára Zakopalová, Lukáš Dlouhý, Leoš Friedl, Lucie Hradecká, Ivo Miná?, Jan Hájek, Karel Koželuh, Jan Kodeš, Vladimíra Uhlí?ová, Jan Miná?, Sandra Záhlavová, Petra Cetkovská, Jaroslav Drobný, Renáta Tomanová, Milan Šrejber, Petra Kvitová, Petra Langrová, Zuzana Ondrášková, Eva Birnerová, V?ra Suková, David Škoch, Andrea Hlavá?ková, Adam Vejm?lka, Jaroslav Levinský, Jan Hernych, Gabriela Navrátilová, Bohdan Ulihrach, Michal Tabara, Dája Bedá?ová, Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, Ji?í H?ebec, Tomáš Zíb, Karolína Plíšková, Vojt?ch Flégl, Ctislav Dosed?l, Renata Vorá?ová, Stanislav Birner, Roderich Menzel, Jaroslav Navrátil, Petr Luxa, Kristýna Plíšková, Eva Hrdinová, Milan Hole?ek, Petr Pála, Ji?í Van?k, Denisa Chládková, Hana Šromová, Jan Koželuh, Pavel Šnobel, Jan Vacek, Adriana Gerši, Libor Pimek, Roman Jebavý, Milada Skrbková, Andrea Strnadová, Regina Rajchrtová, Robin Vik, Dušan Lojda, Sandra Kleinová, Tomáš Cakl. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 318. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:Nicole Vaidiová (Czech pronunciation: ; born 23 April 1989) is a former Czech female tennis player. Vaidiová was an Australian Open and French Open semifinalist and also reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Vaidiová started playing tennis when she was six years old, enrolling to train at Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy in Bradenton, Florida. Her serve was considered her biggest weapon. On 9 August 2006, at the age of 17 years, three months, ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2113973 ... Read more