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      <copyright>Copyright 2010</copyright>
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         <title>Play it Forward</title>
         <description><![CDATA[ Tennis is experiencing a &ldquo;mini-boom&rdquo; in terms of participation, with more than 30 million individuals having played in 2009. That&rsquo;s the good news. The bad news is that at the same time, we&rsquo;ve seen a drop in the number...]]></description>
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         <category>Our Serve</category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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         <description>Prince Announces Management Changes Prince Sports has appointed Gordon Boggis as chief executive officer. In addition, George Napier is retiring as chairman and CEO, but will stay connected to Prince as vice chairman. And Sam Cook joins Prince as general...</description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Pro Tennis Helps Grow Community Tennis As the general manager of the Family Circle Cup held in the spring, I read with great interest Richard Pagliaro&rsquo;s article in the August issue regarding professional tennis and its effect on community tennis....]]></description>
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         <title>&apos;Super&apos; Men</title>
         <description>Stanley Schwartz, Hardy Katz, Michael Keighley: Pioneers in tennis</description>
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         <category>Peoplewatch</category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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         <title>D-I-Y or Call the Pros?</title>
         <description>Looking to save on court maintenance expenses? You can do some things yourself, but other jobs are best left to the professionals.</description>
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         <category>Courts/Lighting</category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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         <title>Meeting the Challenges</title>
         <description>Your facility may meet the ADA regulations for wheelchair compliance, but is it truly welcoming for players with disabilities?</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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         <title>Professional Challenges</title>
         <description>In this second of two articles on pro tennis in the U.S., we explore how tennis can grow in the crowded landscape of American pro sports.</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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         <title>Fit, Function, Fun</title>
         <description>Upcoming styles are designed for comfortable play, on and off the court.</description>
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         <category>Clothing</category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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         <title>Table Tennis Hits an Upswing</title>
         <description> By Georgetta Lordi Morque These days, table tennis, or the recreational version, ping-pong, is looking more like a proud uncle than a distant cousin in the racquet sports family. Tables are popping up in unique venues, juniors are training...</description>
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         <category>Miscellaneous</category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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         <title>Playtest: Mantis Comfort Synthetic</title>
         <description> Mantis is a relative newcomer to the string business, but the team behind it has a wealth of experience within the tennis industry. With headquarters in the UK, Mantis has just entered the U.S. market with four strings, one...</description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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         <title>Customer Service and Player Retention</title>
         <description>Two TSRs say how we serve customers is the key to creating and retaining players.</description>
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         <category>Your Serve</category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Where&rsquo;s Our Rallying Point?]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[ I think I missed something &hellip; or maybe I didn&rsquo;t. It&rsquo;s hard to tell. What I think I missed is National Tennis Month. Do you know what month is National Tennis Month? Do your customers and members? Do tennis...]]></description>
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         <category>Our Serve</category>
         <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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         <title>Industry News</title>
         <description>Sampras, Agassi, Mac, Lendl to Meet in MSG Event Two of the greatest rivalries in tennis will resume at Madison Square Garden when tennis legends Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, and Ivan Lendl take to the court in the...</description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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         <title>Letters</title>
         <description><![CDATA[String Playtests Make Job Easier I&rsquo;d like to tell you how the String Playtest has helped improve my customers&rsquo; game. The column helps me to delineate to them data on the new strings and how they react from actual use....]]></description>
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         <category>Letters</category>
         <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
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         <title>Peter Burwash</title>
         <description>Life lessons from tennis.</description>
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         <category>Peoplewatch</category>
         <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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