o gold medals at the London Olympics, in addition to her 14 previous Grand Slam singles titles, putting her within range of matching the 18 held by Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. And for my British friends, Kudos to Andy Murray for his win over Novak Djokovic to become the first US Open Men's Champion from B

tside the White House in a protest against American treatment of Haitian refugees. In the 1970s and 1980s, tennis star Billie Jean King, followed by Martina Navratilova, spoke out for women's r=ghts and gay and lesbian rights. In 2003, just before the United States invaded Iraq, Dallas Mavericks guard Steve Nash wo