Merlisa Lawrence Corbett
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Merlisa Lawrence Corbett

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Merlisa Lawrence Corbett is a sports journalist who writes about tennis and sports in society. She is a former tennis columnist for Bleacher Report and reporter for Sports Illustrated. She also covered sports for the Pittsburgh Press, Staten Island Advance, Tampa Tribune and Tampa Bay Times. Lawrence Corbett wrote the foreword for Arthur Ashe Jr’s. “A Hard Road To Glory: A History Of The African American Athlete: Track and Field.” Her articles have also appeared in Ebony, the Washington Examiner, Essence, Capitol File and Black Enterprise magazines. She graduated from the University of South Florida with a B.A. in journalism. Currently a contributor to Tennis View and Black Tennis magazines, Lawrence Corbett lives in Central Florida where she competes in local tennis leagues. She wields a mean one-handed backhand and takes pride in being called “Evil Backhand Lady.”
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