Tennis champ, trailblazer Althea Gibson honored at US Open

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NEW YORK (AP) - Althea Gibson basked in a ticker-tape parade in New York a decade before Arthur Ashe won the 1968 U.S. Open. Gibson won 11 majors in three years from 1956-58, including the French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open singles titles. She integrated two sports - tennis and ...

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