Retro To Go (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
The name might be bit of a mouthful, but these Diadora Borg Elite Originals 1976 trainers look to be a collectable of the future. They're replicas of the first trainers Bjorn Borg wore at Wimbledon back in 1976 - and...
Men.style.com (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Photos: Courtesy of Bjorn Borg (bio image, briefs, boat); Julian Finney/Getty Images (landing page image); Courtesy of Caf? de Paris (caf?); www.retroracquets.com (racquet); Courtesy of Kiton (cologne); Elizabeth Zeschin / Retna Ltd. (herring); Elissa Wiehn (sweater, headband); Courtesy of Nintendo (game); Courtesy of Veuve Clicquot (champagne)
Just Style (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
Men's wear company Björn Borg, founded by the legendary tennis player, saw its second quarter profit fall 14% despite a double-digit brand revenue hike.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: April 1–June 30, 2008
The Local (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Björn Borg men's briefs have been found to contain shockingly high levels of a toxic chemical banned in the EU.
Sports news (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
With so many of today's top players running out of steam before their time, a Sportingo author questions whether too much tennis at a young age could be the reason the likes of Tracy Austin and Bjorn Borg retired prematurely.
American Spectator (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
... noteworthy, the Pittsburgh Steelers won the first of their record four Super Bowls in six years, Bjorn Borg made his first real mark in tennis by winning the French Open, Tom Watson won his first major in golf, the British Open, and Chris Evert won two tennis majors, establishing her undisputed dominance of the sport.But 2008 already is on the verge of topping that record. In January,...
ESPN (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
... Dunphy as the retired Chaney's successor two years ago, it was akin to replacing John McEnroe with Bjorn Borg. Fire-breather to quiet thinker; recruiter of the underprivileged to recruiter of the Ivy League; matchup-zone diehard to man-to-man stalwart, they are polar opposites in personality and style. [+] Joseph Labolito/WireImageAfter replacing a legend, Fran Dunphy didn't take...
Sports Jamaica (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
... However, with due respect to champions like Rod Laver, Lew Hoad, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi, even remembering some of the great clashes of the past, including those between Ilie Nastase and Borg in 1976, Borg and Connors in 1977, McEnroe and Borg in 1980 and 1981, Edberg and Becker in 1988,...
The Dysfunctional Tennis Blog (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
... Edberg lost in the first round in 1990 and got rocked in 1989 by a 37 year old Jimmy Connors. Bjorn Borg never solved the U.S. Open. Boris Becker only won the U.S. Open in 1989 despite his game being well suited to the fast courts. Rafa playing after the Serena-Venus match along with his rescheduled Super Saturday match are part of the brash nature of the U.S. Open. Nadal will have...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... the iPod, they love all that."And Mr Marshall is quick to point out that obvious role models like Bjorn Borg took years to get to grips with their temper, and in the early days the Swedish superstar also had a reputation for temper tantrums."A lot of these guys have slick PR now, but if you look at Borg and Federer, they developed and matured. Borg ended up the ice-cool...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... the iPod, they love all that."And Mr Marshall is quick to point out that obvious role models like Bjorn Borg took years to get to grips with their temper, and in the early days the Swedish superstar also had a reputation for temper tantrums."A lot of these guys have slick PR now, but if you look at Borg and Federer, they developed and matured. Borg ended up the ice-cool...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
As Murray scales the heights of world tennis, he will surely inspire a new generation of British tennis players just like, in their time, Bjorn Borg and Boris Becker did in Sweden and Germany respectively. And the very fact that he is not a chip off the old block of the English tennis establishment means that he is likely to inspire a much wider cross-section of kids to play tennis. In...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
... occasional vote for Pancho Gonzalez, Don Budge, Jack Kramer or Ellsworth Vines, perhaps a few for Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe or Lew Hoad. There's no concrete answer, in truth, nothing quite as convincing as Willie Mays as your center fielder, Jerry Rice as your wide receiver or Edwin Moses as your 400-meter hurdler. In the wake of the U.S. Open, though, it seems that the rejuvenated...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
... (U.S.) beat Lendl 6-3 6-7 7-5 6-0 1982 Connors beat Lendl 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4 1981 McEnroe beat Bjorn Borg (Sweden) 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-3 1980 McEnroe beat Borg 7-6 6-1 6-7 5-7 6-4 1979 McEnroe beat Vitas Gerulaitis (U.S.) 7-5 6-3 6-3 1978 Connors beat Borg 6-4 6-2 6-2 1977 Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) beat Connors 2-6 6-3 7-5 6-0 1976 Connors beat Borg 6-4 3-6 7-6...
