The fire started at midday in the scrubland of Wildcat Canyon. Two hours later, it rolled down the dry North Berkeley hills and quietly slipped into some of the city's finest residences. Housekeepers ...

Why we ranked her here: It’s debatable whether Helen Wills was the best women’s tennis player of all time, but there is no debate that she dominated her era more thoroughly than any tennis player ...

Few women’s tennis players have enjoyed greater success in Grand Slam championships than this week’s Sports Then and Now Vintage Athlete of the Week. Between 1923 and 1938, Helen Wills Moody was ...

Contemporary dominance in tennis is best defined by what Rafael Nadal has done `at Roland Garros: 14 titles, 112 match wins, three losses. For another variation on the theme, head back to the late ...

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova will executive produce a feature documentary on all-time greats from another era — Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills. “The Goddess and The American Girl” tells the ...