It is not so unusual for superstars to quit their sport, though they are normally drawn back in soon enough. Michael Jordan left the NBA at the peak of his powers and returned two years later after an ...

It was the peak of the Fire and Ice rivalry. Tennis legend Björn Borg was chasing a sixth straight Wimbledon title in 1981. Facing his American rival John McEnroe in a repeat of the 1980 final, Borg ...

Legendary tennis player John McEnroe wears pants made by his former rival Björn Borg. McEnroe, 66, and Borg, 69, were fierce rivals in the 1970s, with Borg winning Wimbledon five times on the trot, ...

In the late 1970s, professional tennis held a firm grip on the United States, and no two players better personified the sport's growth than cool-as-ice Swede Borg and brash New Yorker McEnroe. In his ...