RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — On Richmond's Monument Avenue, the collection of towering statues honoring Confederate veterans was interrupted by one noticeably different: a monument to Black tennis legend and ...

When Arthur Ashe was a boy, few places were as rigidly segregated in his hometown of Richmond as the city’s tennis courts. In the summer of 1952, when Ashe was nine and already showing promise as a ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond Public Works will be paving the intersection of Arthur Ashe Boulevard and Monument Avenue Monday, March 14. The intersection of Arthur Ashe Boulevard . The road will be ...

A statue of tennis legend Arthur Ashe was spray painted with the words "White Lives Matter" and "WLM" on Wednesday in Richmond, Virginia. Ashe is the only Black man to win Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP)- A statue of African American tennis legend Arthur Ashe on Richmond, Virginia's, Monument Avenue has been vandalized with the words “White Lives Matter.” Photos show the base of the ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, won Wimbledon on Sunday, but there may be a future tennis champion right here in Richmond thanks to a history-making man Wimbledon champ from the past.

The last Confederate monument still standing on Richmond, Virginia’s Monument Avenue, the massive tribute to General Robert E. Lee, was removed on Wednesday (Sept. 8). A 21-foot bronze sculpture ...

A memorial paying tribute to Black tennis legend Arthur Ashe in Richmond, Virginia, was briefly covered in white spray paint bearing the words “White Lives Matter” and “WLM” on Wednesday morning, ...

NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - When Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys walk onto Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday for their U.S. Open final they will pass by a small but weighty notice stamped on the court ...