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John Connolly is a former New York City detective turned journalist. He is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine, and is currently finishing a book called The Sin Eater on disgraced and imprisoned Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano.
The wonder of the U.S. Open is that, like New York itself, anything can happen, as John Connolly discovered this weekend, reminiscing about Arthur Ashe - and witnessing Melanie Oudin take on Maria Sharapova.
Classic U.S. Open
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As the 2009 tournament begins this week in New York, VIEW OUR GALLERY of legendary players, unforgettable matches, and famous fans.
Before the U.S. Open moved to Flushing Meadows in 1978, the tournament was held in the West Side Tennis Club in the Forest Hills section of Queens....
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The grandest of the Grand Slams stunned this weekend with Roger Federer beating Andy Roddick to claim his sixth title. VIEW OUR PHOTOS of the legendary players, celebrity fans, and glamorous tennis whites.
Preppy men and women wouldn't be the same without French legend Rene Lacoste, the number one player in the world in 1926 and 1927. Nicknamed "Le Cr...
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
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Gerald Posner is The Daily Beast's Chief Investigative Reporter. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, ranging from political assassinations, to Nazi war criminals, to 9/11, to terrorism. His latest book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power—A Dispatch from the Beach, was published in October. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Trisha Posner.
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