Quantcast

Post Tagged with: "charity"

Bid for a Private Tennis Lesson with John McEnroe

How much would you pay for a private tennis lesson with John McEnroe? McEnroe has donated an hour-long private lesson to raise funds for Christie’s Green Auction: A Bid to Save the Earth, an auction for the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day.  The highest bidder will have the opportunity to learn straight from the master, in NYC. Cool ehh?! The hour is [...]

read more

NHL Players Tie Domi and Claude Lemieux to Play at Legends of Tennis Event

Throughout his NHL career, Tie Domi never appeared well-suited for the country club set. But Domi will be putting on his tennis whites for a match with John McEnroe in Canada next month. The former bad boy of the Maple Leafs and the former bad boy of tennis will play doubles against Jim Courier and [...]

read more

Mickey Mouse Plays Tennis With Gael Monfils and Stansilas Wawrinka

Visitors to Disneyland Paris today had a big surprise when they saw Mickey Mouse playing a game of doubles with invited children against professional tennis players Gael Monfils and Stansilas Wawrinka. The court itself was a little short and had quasi-official dimensions, but that didn’t matter when the children had such a great event. Disneyland [...]

read more

Will Ferrell and Mats Wilander Play Charity Tennis Match

Will Ferrell unveiled his tennis talent versus Swedish tennis world champion Mats Wilander on Saturday May 2nd at the K-Swiss Global Tennis Showdown at The Los Angeles Tennis Center at UCLA in Westwood, California. During the no-holds-barred singles match, Wilander entertained the crowd with his skills that ranked him number one in the world, while [...]

read more

Actor Will Ferrell to Play Mats Wilander in Charity Exhibition Match

Actor Will Ferrell will be armed with a trusted ally – a Prince racquet – when he takes on Mats Wilander in a charity exhibition match on Saturday. Former French Open champ Wilander will come face to face with the new king of clay next month – and will be crowned a Viking after the [...]

read more

Maria Sharapova Launches $210k Scholarship Fund for Chernobyl Affected Individuals

Maria Sharapova announced on Thursday that she is launching a $210,000 scholarship program for students from Chernobyl-affected areas of Belarus. OnTheBaseline has reported that the scholarship will enable 12 talented young people affected in Chernobyl to attend full studies at two leading universities in Belarus. The programme is a joint initiative of the Maria Sharapova [...]

read more