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During the month of August the New York Yankees will play 16 baseball games on the road and 12 at home. During the first 10 games of the month the Yankees will square off against the AL West’s Los Angeles Angels (twice, once at home, once on the road) and Texas Rangers. Then they have to face the AL Central’s Minnesota Twins on the road and the Kansas City Royals at home before closing the month facing three of their AL opponents. The month includes a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium.

 Fri, Aug 01 LA Angels 7:05 PM
Sat, Aug 02 LA Angels 3:55 PM
Sun, Aug 03 LA Angels 1:05 PM
Mon, Aug 04 @ Texas 8:05 PM
Tue, Aug 05 @ Texas 8:05 PM
Wed, Aug 06 @ Texas 8:05 PM
Thu, Aug 07 @ Texas 8:05 PM
Fri, Aug 08 @ LA Angels 10:05 PM
Sat, Aug 09 @ LA Angels 3:55 PM
Sun, Aug 10 @ LA Angels 3:35 PM
Mon, Aug 11 @ Minnesota 8:10 PM
Tue, Aug 12 @ Minnesota 8:10 PM
Wed, Aug 13 @ Minnesota 1:10 PM
Fri, Aug 15 Kansas City 7:05 PM
Sat, Aug 16 Kansas City 1:05 PM
Sun, Aug 17 Kansas City 1:05 PM
Tue, Aug 19 @ Toronto 7:07 PM
Wed, Aug 20 @ Toronto 7:07 PM
Thu, Aug 21 @ Toronto 7:07 PM
Fri, Aug 22 @ Baltimore 7:05 PM
Sat, Aug 23 @ Baltimore 7:05 PM
Sun, Aug 24 @ Baltimore 1:35 PM
Tue, Aug 26 Boston 7:05 PM
Wed, Aug 27 Boston 7:05 PM
Thu, Aug 28 Boston 1:05 PM
Fri, Aug 29 Toronto 7:05 PM
Sat, Aug 30 Toronto 1:05 PM
Sun, Aug 31 Toronto 1:05 PM

The 2008 Beijing Summer Games are nine days away and at Tickets of America we have tickets to all the events. The 2008 Summer Games will take place from August 8 to August 24 and will feature athletes from all over the world competing for glory and promoting friendship and the Olympic spirit.

The 2008 Summer Games will feature 28 sports, holding 302 competitive events in which the best athletes from all over the world will try to bring home the gold. Get tickets to all the Beijing Summer Games events with tickets of America.

Among all the 2008 Summer Games venues, 31 are in Beijing and six in Hong Kong, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenyang and Tianjin.

If you plan to attend the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing ticket reservations should be your top priority and here at Tickets of America we make it our main goal to help you obtain your tickets easily, securely and at a great price.

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American James Scott “Jimmy” Connors held the top ranking for 160 consecutive weeks from July 29, 1974 through August 29, 1977 and an additional eight times during his career (a total of 268 weeks). He won eight Grand Slam singles titles (five of them at the U.S. Open) and two Grand Slam doubles titles (one at Wimbledon, one at the U.S. Open) with Ilie Nastase. He was also the mixed doubles runner-up with Chris Evert at the 1974 US Open.

He is considered to be one of the top male tennis players of all time. Also as  former coach of Andy Roddick, he helped the young American become the winner of the 2003 U.S. Open.

Turning pro in 1972, Connors won his first title that year at Jacksonville, FL.  Known for his fiery temperament Connors played more tournaments (401) and won more matches than any other male pro, 1,337-285 (.824), and, in fact, has never officially retired.

He has excelled at the the U.S. Open winning five championships, an open era record shared with Pete Sampras, but Connors was singular in winning on all three surfaces: grass (1974) and clay (1976) at Forest Hills, and hard (1978, 1982 and 1983) at Flushing Meadow. Connors is, therefore, one of only three men (Mats Wilander and Andre Agassi are the others) to have won a Grand Slam singles title on grass, hard, and clay courts.

Beginning in 1974, Connors played in five successive U.S. Open finals, the first man to do so since Bill Tilden between 1918 and 1925. Connors was beaten by Manolo Orantes in the 1975 finals and by Guillermo Vilas in 1977.

Connors was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1998 and by the time he finished his career his  total of eight singles majors was second only to Bill Tilden’s 10 among American men, and tied with Fred Perry, Ke Rosewall, Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras for fourth on the all-time roll.

Tennis enthusiasts looking for fine dining and premium hospitality services at the 2008 U.S. Open can now purchase the 2008 U.S. Open packages from White Glove International.  

Live the ultimate experience at the 2008 US Tennis Open with White Glove International.  A pass to the largest and most popular tennis event in the United States this summer is just the beginning. Throughout the event, you and your party will be served by White Glove International at the exquisite Aces Restaurant, located on the club level within Arthur Ashe Stadium, and the U.S. Open club.

The U.S. Open Club, which is famous for its striking decor, its grand buffet and American cuisine, is located on the ground floor of Arthur Ashe Stadium and is available to all series ticket holders for the duration of the tournament for a nominal entrance fee, and is included for Silver loge box seat holders.

So call White Glove International at 888-627-0704 and complement your trip to Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, New York with a 2008 U.S. Open tennis package.  With over 10 years of experience providing fans and fortune 500 companies with sports travel packages and corporate hospitality services, White Glove International guarantees to deliver the total US Open Experience.

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Petros “Pete” Sampras is a retired American tennis player that won a record 14 Grand Slam men’s singles titles in 52 appearances.

During his 15-year career Sampras finished as World No. 1 on the ATP rankings for six consecutive years, a record for the open era and tied for third all-time. Sampras won the singles title at Wimbledon seven times, a record shared with William Renshaw. He also won two singles titles at the Australian Open twice and five singles titles at the U.S. Open (1990, 1993, 1995, 1996 and 2002) an open era record shared with Jimmy Connors.

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will appear at the Bank Atlantic Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Wednesday, July 15 at 7:30 pm.  Petty and the Heartbreakers will play next at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, the following night.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are spending 2008 on their North American tour performing at venues across the United States and Canada.  Steve Windwood will open for every show.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their first album in 1976 but did not gain recognition until 1977 after the re-release of the single “Breakdown,” which peaked at #40 on the charts in 78.  The band followed the album with Your Gonna Get It!, featuring “I Need to Know” and “Listen to Her Heart” which later became the band’s first gold album.   The band’s third album, Damn the Torpedoes quickly went platinum and featured the band’s breakthrough singes, “Don’t Do Me Like That and Refugee.” 

American tennis player John Patrick McEnroe won seven Grand Slam singles titles (three at Wimbledon and four at the US Open), nine Grand Slam men’s doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. He is remembered for his famous rivalries with Björn Borg, Jimmy Connors, and Ivan Lendl and for his confrontational on-court behavior.

McEnroe won a total of 155 top-level titles (a record for a male professional) during his career — 84 in singles, 70 in men’s doubles, and 1 in mixed doubles. His career singles match record was 864-194 (81.66%). He won seven Grand Slam singles titles and the season-ending Masters championships three times (1978, 1983, and 1984).

His performance at the U.S. Open was remarkable. He played in five U.S Open finals and won four of them: 1979 against American Vitas Gerulaitis, 1980 against Swede Bjorn Borg, 1981 against Borg once again and 1984 against Czechoslovakia’s Ivan Lendl.

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Total prize money at the U.S. Open will top $20 million for the first time this year, with the men’s and women’s singles champions each earning a tournament-record $1.5 million.

The overall payout of $20.6 million is $1 million more than in 2007, matching the largest single-year jump in the hard-court Grand Slam tournament’s history, the U.S. Tennis Association announced Tuesday.

There also was a $1 million jump in total prize money from 2006 to 2007, when the singles champions’ take rose from $1.2 million to $1.4 million.

Adding in the bonuses available to the leading finishers in the summer circuit U.S. Open Series, the overall prize money could eventually be more than $23 million.

The No. 1 performers in the U.S. Open Series will earn a total of $2.5 million if they win the Grand Slam tournament, which begins Aug. 25.

Last year, Roger Federer won both the summer series and the U.S. Open title, giving him a total payout of $2.4 million — the largest paycheck in tennis history.

(AP)

American tennis player Andre Agassi won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. He is one of only five male players to have won all four Grand Slam singles titles, but he is the only man to have done so on three different surfaces. He won the Tennis Masters Cup and was part of a winning Davis Cup team. He won 17 ATP Masters Series tournaments, more than any other player.

Agassi thrived at the U.S. Open, an event where he reached the finals six times and managed to win twice in his career (1994, 1999). Agassi could have had more U.S Open titles, but he had to face Pete Sampras, arguably the most dominant player of the 1990’s, on three of those finals and lost all of them.

The last time Agassi reached the U.S Open final was in 2005, when he had to face the player that has pretty much dominated the current decade: Roger Federer. The Swiss beat Agassi in straight sets  (6–3, 2–6, 7–6, 6–1) and won what would be the second of his four straigh titles at the tournament.

Agassi retired from professional tennis on September 3, 2006, after losing in the third round of the U.S. Open. Agassi is currently married to Steffi Graf and has two children.