Adrian Brune
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Freelance journalist always on the lookout for the untold story. Tennis player. Line judge.
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1 week ago |
therallyreport.substack.com | Adrian Brune
Arthur Ashe may still be the most well-known African-American player and Civil Rights activist for crashing the Apartheid-sponsored South African Open in the early 1970s. Still, nothing — neither Ashe’s press conferences, nor his grandstanding — did more for French or African tennis than Ashe’s spotting of a 10-year-old Yannick Noah whacking tennis balls with a homemade racquet against the wall at the Tennis Club de Yaoundé Cameroon.
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2 weeks ago |
undergroundart.substack.com | Adrian Brune
The 14th street subway station — not one of the Original 28, but among the city’s oldest — has needed a bit of a facelift for quite a long time, its Squire Vickers-designed walls caked in century-old brake dust, among other New York subway gross stuff. However, the preservation of these classic stations does not fall under the remit of the MTA Arts & Design program. Nope.
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3 weeks ago |
therallyreport.substack.com | Adrian Brune
In the summer of 2020, everyone was struggling, but the professional tennis players on tour — whether ATP/WTA Professional or Challengers or the ITF Futures (the minor, journeyman leagues of tennis) — were struggling. Their events were cancelled; courts at clubs and even in public parks were closed; and travel without a $80 Covid test and heightened restrictions proved nearly impossible.
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3 weeks ago |
londonletter.substack.com | Adrian Brune
This is not the first iteration of this faux-Tudor pub near Broadway Market, bridging the growing gap between the hipsterness of Hackney and Shorditch. But the Virgin Queen is possibly the most appropos name and setting for this East London local. And it attracts both highbrow and commoners.
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1 month ago |
therallyreport.substack.com | Adrian Brune
Does the world really need another book about Rafael Nadal, I thought to myself as I saw that The Master tennis writer Christopher Clarey, formerly of the New York Times, would be releasing his second book about number two of the big three: The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clayjust three years from writing his pièce de résistance about Roger Federer.
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Arthur Ashe may still be the most well-known African-American player + Civil Rights activist for crashing the Apartheid-sponsored South African Open. But one Cameroonian made sure Africa was not overlooked as a tennis force. https://t.co/6hplaY5V3X RIP Joseph Oyebog. https://t.co/hHt4xglpc3
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"And yes, New York does have other wildlife beyond the ropes of the nearby meat-packing district bars, restaurants and clubs." https://t.co/vSHCVsKlAF https://t.co/T5hqbvRYzQ