Whipping his racquet through the air like a cesta in jai alai, Rafael Nadal produces such tremendous topspin that the ball sometimes seems to catapult off the court, creating a shot as challenging to ...

Just as a little spin, properly placed, can alter the course of a political campaign, so too does it affect the path of the ball in so many sports. In tennis, spin allows players to hit harder and ...

Great tennis legends used to use heavy wooden rackets. Graphite arrived about 25 years ago. Since then, the technology hasn't change much. That is until now. More and more pros are using polyester ...

Sheep intestine launched the technological advancements of tennis strings. But that was 145 years ago and the tech making strings has advanced well beyond the sheep intestine natural gut first ...

The jam-packed pews of the Ryman practically vibrated for the entirety of Billy Strings' adopted-hometown headlining performance on Sunday. At just 30 years old, the Michigan-born singer-songwriter ...

Composer/guitarist Peter Sprague isn't well-known, but there are few musicians operating at his level; he counts pianist Chick Corea, bassist Charlie Haden and fellow six-stringer Pat Metheny among ...

In late March, Billy Strings began plotting Streaming Strings, a nine-show virtual tour of some of Nashville's best-loved (and currently closed) venues. The COVID-19 pandemic cut short Strings' ...