TOM RIFE

• Local tennis column: Time flying at City of Naples Championships Published 05/16/2013 at noon

  The frog floating on the green lily pad says time’s fun when he’s havin’ flies.

• Local tennis column: East beats West in 2013 Florida Cup matches Published 05/09/2013 at 1:33 p.m.

  Rudyard Kipling was wrong — at least when it comes to tennis.

• Local tennis column: Nine area teams competing in Florida Section Championships Published 05/02/2013 at 12:11 p.m.

  A number of local teams are among the 74 involved in the USTA Florida 55-and-over League Sectional Tennis Championships this weekend in Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach. In general, Florida will reap the benefits of the new 2013 USTA Leagues’ ...

• Local tennis column: City of Naples Championships deadline Friday Published 04/25/2013 at 5:26 p.m.

  From his earliest days in Mad magazine, the impish, fictitious Alfred E. Neuman made the phrase “What, me worry?” almost a household utterance.

• Local tennis column: Quail Creek women, Marco Island YMCA men win USTA Florida section titles Published 04/18/2013 at noon

  In baseball lingo, it was a twin killing. But tennis enthusiasts would call it a doubles whammy.

• Local tennis column: USPTA/Naples Pro League wrapping up next week Published 04/11/2013 at noon

  They’ve been doing battle for weeks. But now, it’s time to take the gloves off for the most important matches of the season.

• Local tennis column: City of Naples Championships start up May 1 Published 04/04/2013 at noon

  Another April Fools’ Day has come and gone and Cambier Park’s Kevin Walker never skipped a beat. He knows there’s no time for fooling around when gearing up for the park’s biggest tennis event of the year.

• Local tennis column: Collier County Women's Association finishes winter session Published 03/28/2013 at 5:19 p.m.

  It may be spring on the calendar, but the Collier County Women’s Tennis Association had to put the wraps on its winter session before moving ahead too quickly.

• Local tennis column: Madisen's Match fundraiser on tap April 5-6 Published 03/21/2013 at 12:20 p.m.

  It won’t be just any tennis match. It will be Madisen’s Match.

• Local tennis column: Lely's Players Club and Spa holding grand opening March 21, 23-24 Published 03/14/2013 at 12:15 p.m.

  The Players Club and Spa staff will soon be in the party mode with a Tennis Center Grand Opening Celebration. Festivities kick off next Thursday night and continue Saturday and Sunday. The facility in Lely now has 13 courts, and ...

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