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Sampras, Agassi Feud at Hit for Haiti

Over on Fanhouse, Greg Couch reports that Tennis “tried to show that it had a heart Friday night, that it’s not all about self-absorbed, entitled athletes, as its image often says.” But while the sold out crowd of 16,000 for the Hit for Haiti event helped raised more than $1M, the charity event was [...]

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Friendly Wagers: Oxfam Could Reap Rewards

Oxfam International, an NGO from three continents working worldwide to fight poverty and injustice, has some incentive to watch Wimbledon this year … and cheer for Roger Federer. Furthermore, the organization wins if Andy Roddick can win 10 grand slam singles titles before 2020.
Oxfam was left with the outstanding wagers placed by Nicholas Newlife, [...]

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CNBC’s Darren Rovell Chats With Andre Agassi About Athletes for Hope

CNBC.com’s Darren Rovell caught up with Andre Agassi, and noted that “for years now, Agassi – along with Lance Armstrong – has consistently been the best at ‘getting it’ when it comes to his charity.”
Agassi: “I feel like it’s a daily effort to get it right and to make sure what I do in [...]

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Billie Jean King Named Global Mentor in UNESCO-WTA Tour Partnership

Billie Jean King has been named as “Global Mentor for Gender Equality” in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour partnership to further gender quality and promote women’s leadership in all spheres of society. The partnership is also funding of Women’s Sports Foundation’s newly-created Billie Jean King [...]

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Serena Williams Helps Establish The Serena Williams Secondary School in Kenya

Serena Williams will be in Kenya tomorrow to help open The Serena Williams Secondary School in Matooni. Williams helped build the school through a partnership between the Build African Schools initiative and Hewlett Packard.
Build African Schools Founder Patrick O’Sullivan said that the organizatino’s objective is “to build primary and secondary schools in marginalized areas [...]

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Hewitt and Wife Pushing Cure Our Kids Auction in Australia

Hewitts’ Cure Our Kids Auction PSA (0:30)
Tennis player Lleyton Hewitt is in Australia promoting his charity auction to raise funds for cancer charity Cure Our Kids. Hewitt said of the organization: “It really hits home now, having a young family at the moment, with (daughter) Mia and another one on the way. I [...]

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Lleyton Hewitt and Wife Bec Gearing Up for Cure Our Kids Charity Auction

In Australia, Kim Wilson caught up with tennis star Lleyton Hewitt about his “comeback, the imminent arrival of his second child and the celebrity fundraising auction he and Bec have helped put together to raise money for children with cancer.”
Hewitt will be in Melbourne thnis week “to promote the Cure Our Kids auction on website [...]

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What Happens in Vegas: Andre Agassi’s 13th Grand Slam of Children Event a Success

KLAS-CBS Report from Agassi Event (2:20)
Las Vegas’ KLAS-CBS reported from Andre Agassi’s 13th Annual Grand Slam for Children event in Las Vegas on Saturday night, and reporter Janet O. noted that The Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation “is one of the most successful in Las Vegas.”
Emeril Lagasse, a board member, said, “These are 70% [...]

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Andre Agassi’s 13th Grand Slam for Children Event Tonight in Las Vegas

The 13th annual Andre Agassi Grand Slam for Children benefit concert in Las Vegas is slated for tonight. The concert will raise funds for the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation, which provides recreational and educational opportunities for at-risk boys and girls.
This year’s event will be headlined by Rod Stewart, Sheryl Crow, the Killers and comedian [...]

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Andy Roddick Hosting Poker Event to Raise Funds for His Planned Training Center

The Andy Roddick Foundation announced this week that it will host its First Annual Charity Texas Hold’Em Poker Tournament on November 1 in Marble Falls, Texas. The event will raise funds to build the ARF International Tennis Center. The venue, wich is planned to sport a retractable shading system as well as the [...]

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Pam Shriver’s Baltimore Charity Event Going Into Its 23rd Year

With Serena Williams set to play Pam Shriver’s annual charity PNC Tennis Classic in Baltimore on November 21, the Baltimore Sun’s Don Markus writes that “the event, which has raised more than $4 million for charity, is going into its 23rd year and remains important to Shriver, who grew up in Baltimore.”
Shriver: “With all the [...]

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Watch Designed for Andre Agassi Foundation

Longines Supporting Agassi Foundation (0:54)
Longines recently unveiled the Longines Andre Agassi Limited Edition GrandeVitesse watch at the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy in Las Vegas. The timepieces will support The Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation.
The design of the 888 exclusive limited edition GrandeVitesse watch is classic and elegant with a sporty edge. The remarkable [...]

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