The two-handed grip gained popularity in the 1970s as Björn Borg, Chris Evert, Jimmy Connors, and later Mats Wilander and Marat Safin used it to great effect, and it is now used by a large number of the world's best players, including Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams.

In 1939, Illinois State Senator William " Botchy " Connors remarked " You couldn't give that guy a nickel, that's how honest he is.

His seven Wimbledon singles championships is an Open Era record shared with Roger Federer, while Sampras ' five US Open singles titles is an Open Era record shared with both Federer and former World No. 1 player Jimmy Connors.

Jimmy Connors is the only individual to have won US Open singles titles on all three surfaces ( grass, clay, hardcourt ), while Chris Evert is the only woman to win on two surfaces ( clay, hardcourt ).

Near the entrance to the hall is a bronze plaque commemorating the services and life of Father Thomas Connors, a bi-lingual French / English priest from the Our Lady of La Salette Order Missionaries of La Salette, who was assigned to St. Joseph's parish in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

The Mayor of Seaside Park is Thomas E. Connors ( D, term expires December 31, 2011 ).

The Mayor of Surf City Borough is Leonard T. Connors, Jr. ( R, term ends December 31, 2011 ), who also is the state senator from the 9th Legislative District.

Muskogee is home to four institutions of higher education: the public four-year Northeastern State University, the public two-year Connors State College, the public Indian Capital Technology Center and the private four-year Bacone College, which is the oldest college in the state of Oklahoma.

The town is also home to part of the Connors State College campus.

However, spending time at Curt Connors ', Peter forgets about May and Ben is angered by this.

Burke's daughter, Melanie " Honey " Burke McCall, a Neo Soul singer who is an accomplished artist as well as a freelance background recording artist with companies such as Daxwood Records, Casablanca, A & M and Rawkus Records and a studio artist for groups such as Billy Preston, Peacock ( Anna Gayle group ), and Leslie Uggams, and toured with Chaka Khan, and wrote and produced Family, & Friends, a 14-song original soundtrack for Ms, which was released in 2005, and opened for Jocelyn Brown, Jaheim, Norman Connors, and Angela Bofill, as well as for her father at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia in 2006.

Showy Indian clover, Trifolium amoenum, is an example of a species that was thought to be extinct, but was rediscovered in 1993 by Peter Connors in the form of a single plant at a site in western Sonoma County.

James Scott " Jimmy " Connors ( born September 2, 1952, in East St. Louis, Illinois ) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from the United States.

Connors is also the only person to win U. S. Open singles championships on grass, clay, and hard courts.

In the open era, Connors is one of only six men to win three or more Grand Slam singles titles in a calendar year.

Although Borg is four years younger and won the last ten times they met, Connors won most exhibitions and senior tour matches against Borg, putting Connors ahead of Borg in overall wins ( see Borg-Connors rivalry ).

Although Connors ' tour record against McEnroe is 14-20, McEnroe is six years younger than Connors and had a losing record against Connors until he won 12 out of their last 14 meetings.

Edited by Smith's biographer Scott Connors and Ronald S. Hilger.

Three new families were also introduced into the show: The Connors, The Mortons and The Windasses, the Mortons and Windasses being not as popular as the Connors when introduced, and the Mortons being written out by the next year, with the Windasses being brought in to replace them

He appeared with Chuck Connors and Pippa Scott in the 1960 episode " Trial by Fear " of CBS's The DuPont Show with June Allyson.

He does nothing to stop Hannassey's trouble-making son Buck ( Chuck Connors ) from harassing him, and he declines a challenge by Terrill's foreman, Steve Leech ( Charlton Heston ), to ride an unruly horse.

* Shadowborn ( March 1998 ), by Carrie Bebris and William Connors, ( ISBN 0-7869-0766-5 )

It was popularized by the top American player Jimmy Connors.

Scott Connors, 2003 ); Cave of a Thousand Tales by Milt Thomas ( a biography of pulp writer Hugh B. Cave, 2004 ); Other Worlds Than Ours, another collection by Nelson Bond ( 2005 ); and Evermore ( a collection of tales in tribute to Edgar Allan Poe, ed.

The song's success in the U. S. was championed by WMEX jock and friend of Chapin's Jim Connors who in part inspired the song.

In 1974, Connors became the second male in the open era to win three or more Grand Slam singles titles in a calendar year ( Rod Laver being the first in 1969 and having been joined since by Mats Wilander, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic ).

Connors ' mother, Gloria, took him to Southern California to be coached by Pancho Segura, starting at age 16, in 1968.

Connors was acquiring a reputation as a maverick in 1972 when he refused to join the newly formed Association of Tennis Professionals ( ATP ), the union that was embraced by most male professional players, in order to play in and dominate a series of smaller tournaments organized by Bill Riordan, his manager and a clever promoter.

However, Connors played in other tournaments and made his first big splash by winning the 1973 U. S. Pro Singles, his first significant title, toppling Arthur Ashe in a five-set final, 6 – 3, 4 – 6, 6 – 4, 3 – 6, 6 – 2.

In 1974, Connors was by far the most dominant player.

During his best years of 1974 through 1978, Connors was challenged the most by Borg, with twelve matches on tour during that time frame.

In 1975, Connors won two highly-touted " Challenge Matches ", both arranged by the Riordan company and televised nationally by CBS Sports from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Connors dropped Riordan and eventually the lawsuits, although according to the official film produced by Wimbledon 1975, his $ 2 million suit against Ashe was still outstanding when the two met in the 1975 Wimbledon final.

Connors also irritated sponsors and tennis officials by shunning the end-of-year Masters championship from 1974 through 1976.

Although Connors lost a celebrated late-night match to Vilas, 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, he took the title by defeating Borg in the final, 6 – 4, 1 – 6, 6 – 4.

While making the television pilot The Name is Mannix, Connors dislocated his shoulder running away from a From Russia With Love type pursuit from a helicopter, and broke his left wrist punching a stuntman who happened to be wearing a steel plate on his back.

Whilst Connors played a Sean Connery type American superspy, Dorothy Provine played her role with an upper class British accent similar to Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward of the Thunderbirds TV series.

As all CIA agents are known to Brinkman's organization, the CIA uses the unknown Banks, who is placed into the prep school of Dr. Connors ' daughter, Natalie ( Hilary Duff ), the William Donovan Institute.

Answering to his handler Agent Ronica Miles ( Angie Harmon ), Cody is called upon a mission to find information about a scientist named Dr. Albert Connors ( Martin Donovan ).

* Flipper ( 1963 film ), a film about a bottlenose dolphin named Flipper, starring Chuck Connors and Luke Halpin

Over 150 celebrities took a part in the series, some self-lampooning: Merv Griffin played a griffin talk show host, game show host Wink Martindale played a riddle-expert sphinx, and Mike Connors, famous for Mannix, played Athenian policeman Chipacles ( named after CHiPs ).

The show follows the adventures of Eric Cord ( John J. York ), a college student transformed into a werewolf who undergoes a quest to rid himself of his curse by killing the apparent originator of his ' bloodline ,' a drifter named Janos Skorzeny ( played by Chuck Connors in his last television role ).

The crate is found in a box car by Naomi ( Jennifer Harte ), a girl whose father works at the train station and a rich kid named Brendan Wellington ( Kevin Connors ) who she helped hide in the box car because he was being chased by bullies who were about to attack him.