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Tennis: For decades, Martina Navratilova was the most vilified woman in tennis. No one could deny her talent - she simply wasn't pretty enough, slim enough, or heterosexual enough. She tells Aida Edemariam how she won over her critics.
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WASHINGTON—AARP, the world’s largest advocacy organization for the 50+ community, today announced a new relationship with tennis legend Martina Navratilova in which she will serve as the Health & Fitness ambassador to AARP’s 39 million members. In this role, Ms. Navratilova will be instrumental in AARP’s effort to help its members lead active, healthy lives.
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As the clinic closed, Martina took the microphone, thanked everyone, and reminded them to stretch after playing. Then the autograph signing procession began as the tennis legend signed visors, caps, tennis balls and shirts for an enthusiastic group of tennis fans.
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"I've always had this outrage against being told how to live, what to say, how to act, what to do, when to do it," Navratilova told Sports Illustrated's Alexander Wolff in September 1994. This outrage explains not only her defection to the United States, but ... the direct, unapologetic way Navratilova conducted her tennis career.
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VisibleVote08 asked tennis great and LGBT activist Martina Navratilova to comment on any of three of the following questions regarding the coming election and what she expected from the candidates hoping to gain the Democratic nomination. In her own inimitable way, she tackled all three questions. Her thoughts are below.
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How cool would it be to take a picture with Martina Navratilova? That's what Joe Renna thought when he bumped into the tennis great, who has friends in Union County, during a street fair in Garwood last month.
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