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DWYRE: Times Duo Painted The Picture of Tennis
For nearly two decades in The Los Angeles Times, they were the tour guides for tennis fans. Their names were Thomas Bonk and Lisa Dillman, and they traveled the tennis world to report for millions of sports page readers, giving substance and flavor to the magic of the game. For two sportswriters who loved…
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PRATT: Daniels Doesn’t Let Hearing Impairment Stop Him
The distinct “thwack” sound when racket strings connect with tennis ball is nearly inaudible for Christopher Daniels, a 33-year-old Los Angeles resident who was born hearing impaired, but fell in love with the game of tennis growing up in Carson as a young teenager. Daniels recently qualified to play in the World Deaf Tennis Championships…
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PRATT: Stone Looking To Go The Distance With Iron Man
Describing his unique tennis tournament idea as “different from just about any tournament you’ve ever played,” Iron Man Tournament founder and director Rob Stone is inviting Southern California men’s and women’s open players to “play like the pros” competing in a best-of-five tournament format and playing for cash and prizes. Anyone who has ever sat…
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PRATT: Weekend Warriors From North County Ready for Nationals
Looking to increase USTA League participation in and around San Diego and North County, weekend play was offered for the first time for local women’s leagues a year ago. This season, one of those weekend teams is a North County 18-and-over 4.0 team that plays out of Kit Carson Park in Escondido and captained by…
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Michigan football, Downton Abbey, iOS 13, Houston Weather, and Rachel Green
Below is a snapshot of worldwide search interest this past week: Michigan football, Downton Abbey, iOS 13, Houston Weather, and Rachel Green were all trending on Google this past week. searches for office water filtration up 178% searches for paddle shorts up 45% searches for real estate in newport beach up 67% searches for free…
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Most Shoppers Don’t Buy On Their First Visit
In today’s digital-first world that puts the web at shoppers’ fingertips, consumers are logging in to complete tasks like browsing, product comparison, query research and more. Ninety-two percent of consumers visit a brand’s website for the first time to do something other than make a purchase. Even when visiting a brand’s website or mobile app…
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Your Smartphone & Online Sales in 2019
Smartphone retail mcommerce sales will reach $203.94 billion in 2019, making up 34% of all US ecommerce sales. While desktop purchases still dominate—amounting to $331.85 billion in 2019—they are growing at a rate of just 5.0%. Average annual spend per smartphone shopper will be $1,763. Younger shoppers are using mobile apps to shop at higher…
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PRATT: Glatch Returns For Love of the Game
The love of the game of tennis has kept Alexa Glatch on the court after battling back from injury after injury for half of her professional career. The hour and hours of rehab have piled up over the years, so much so that the 30-year-old Irvine resident Glatch can’t even come close to totaling or…
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PRATT: Whittle Adjusting To Life As a Pro
There have been many Central Coast Moments this week at the Templeton Tennis Ranch, host of this week’s Central Coast Pro Tennis Open, a USTA Women’s Pro Circuit Tournament offering $60,000 in prize money and taking place just three miles south of Paso Robles in north San Luis Obispo County. The Templeton Tennis Ranch is…
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Rugby World Cup 2019, Friends Ross, Gardner Minshew, Junko Tabei and Area 51 raid
Below is a snapshot of worldwide search interest this past week: Rugby World Cup 2019, Friends Ross, Gardner Minshew, Junko Tabei and Area 51 raid were all trending on Google this past week. searches for outrigger race up 100% searches for tennis tournament up 12% searches for real estate in mission viejo up 163% searches…