Portfolio Category: Documentaries

Three Times a Champion

Three Times a Champion
The U.S. Open developed from one of the oldest tennis championships in the world: the U.S. National Championship, which was established in 1881 as a national men’s singles and doubles competition. The tournament was open only to clubs that were members of the U.S. National Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA; now the USTA). The event expanded to…
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Crosby Clambake

Crosby Clambake
Bing Crosby began his pro-am golf tournament in 1937 at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club, near San Diego County’s Del Mar Race Track. The Southern California version of the tournament lasted through 1942; World War II put the tournament on hiatus from 1943 to 1946. By 1966 the event was having a venerable 25th anniversary,…
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The National Senior Games

The National Senior Games
In 1985 in St. Louis, MO, a group of seven men and women formed the original leadership for what was initially known as the National Senior Olympics Organization (NSOO). The vision: to promote healthy lifestyles for adults through education, fitness and sport. In the fall of 1985 they hosted a meeting of individuals who were…
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US Open: Tennis Made in America

US Open: Tennis Made in America
The United States Open Tennis Championships  is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the US National Championship for which men's singles was first contested in 1881. Since 1987, the US Open has been chronologically the fourth and final tennis major comprising the Grand Slam each year;…
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