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malaise

(297,921 posts) Fri Mar 4, 2016, 07:50 PM Mar 2016

The great tennis historian and journalist Bud Collins is dead

He was 86. He was a decent man - a really nice man. He had a lot of good things to say about the Williams sisters when all about him were attacking them - long before they were great.
Rest great one.

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The great tennis historian and journalist Bud Collins is dead (Original Post) malaise Mar 2016 OP

He knew his stuff and loved the game joeybee12 Mar 2016 #1

He was light years ahead of the pack malaise Mar 2016 #2

RIP bigwillq Mar 2016 #3

Here's a nice link malaise Mar 2016 #4

His tennis analogies were a lot like his pants RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #5

As in colorful malaise Mar 2016 #6

Yes he was a driving force in the popularity of tennis underpants Mar 2016 #7

a great one... dhill926 Mar 2016 #8

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

1. He knew his stuff and loved the game

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 07:52 PM

Mar 2016

RIP

malaise

(297,921 posts)

2. He was light years ahead of the pack

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 07:53 PM

Mar 2016

from way back when

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

3. RIP

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 07:53 PM

Mar 2016

malaise

(297,921 posts)

4. Here's a nice link

Reply to bigwillq (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 07:54 PM

Mar 2016

https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2016/03/04/the-inimitable-bud-collins-was-all-aces/BQkGEvAxgacgWGFzSHx2gO/story.html

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)

5. His tennis analogies were a lot like his pants

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 08:03 PM

Mar 2016

But he was still a fixture of my youth.

I have fond memories of watching "Breakfast at Wimbledon" with Collins describing the scene in his one-of-a-kind way.

Rest in peace, Bud!

malaise

(297,921 posts)

6. As in colorful

Reply to RufusTFirefly (Reply #5)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 08:08 PM

Mar 2016

underpants

(197,172 posts)

7. Yes he was a driving force in the popularity of tennis

Reply to RufusTFirefly (Reply #5)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 08:09 PM

Mar 2016

Breakfast at Wimbledon (I beleive his saying) was a staple of summer when I was a kid like the Indy 500 and the Jerry Lewis telethon.

dhill926

(16,953 posts)

8. a great one...

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 08:59 PM

Mar 2016

saw him speak a couple of times at Indian Wells. Really helped put tennis on the map...

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