WESTFORD — Vlad Firoiu is giving Westford a new appreciation for the term “double threat.” It goes well beyond backhand and forehand or serve and volley for Firoiu. The 15-year-old has made a name for ...

Jeremy Davies of Spruce Creek High School, the 2026 Volusia County Schools' Teacher of the Year, leads students in a particular brand of high-level math that's not unlike life itself. International ...

Bill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has been at ESPN since 2019. Editor's note: This story was originally posted in May ahead of the 2024 French Open.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Ben Shelton’s Australian Open equation is simple. Beat the best player in the world to get to the final, then beat either the second-best player in the world by ranking or one ...

Although you wouldn't know it, there is a national tennis champion in our midst. And it's not a Tufts student, either. Marjorie "Molly" Hahn actually went pro while teaching mathematics on the Hill.

Editor's note: This story was originally posted in May ahead of the 2024 French Open. It has been updated in places following Rafael Nadal's retirement announcement. Rafael Nadal broke math. That is ...