At the 1973 US Open, John Newcombe and Margaret Court each won US$25,000 for winning the tournament. It was the first time equal prize money was awarded at a Slam, a cause championed and driven by Billie Jean King. This year is the 50th anniversary of that cause and both the Men’s and Women’s Champions will receive US$3 million, a much bigger slice of the bounty. Continue reading US Open Preview 2023
Monthly Archives: August 2023
Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan’s biopic about the father of the atomic bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical physicist who led the ‘Manhattan Project’ during World War 2 is ambitious, bold and richly dense. Continue reading Oppenheimer