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Photo Gallery
of 2006 AnthemLIVE! Tennis Event and Concert
December 8, 2006
More than $400,000 was
raised during the AnthemLIVE! tennis exhibition and auction, brainchild
of the nation’s number one tennis player, James Blake, who came along
with his friends, tennis legend Andre Agassi, world-champion doubles
partners Bob and Mike Bryan and Boyd Tinsley of the Dave Mathews Band.
Over the last year, Blake has played in the
world’s most prestigious tournaments, and has risen to the top of men’s tennis,
but the death of his father from stomach cancer has made him passionate about
efforts to help find a cure. While Blake has won trophies and international
accolades, “the greatest reward is being able to do things like this today,” he
said before the Dec. 7 an exhibition before a near-capacity crowd at Old
Dominion University’s Ted Constant Center.
AnthemLIVE!, which returned to
Norfolk after its inaugural year in 2005, is sponsored by Anthem Blue Cross and
Blue Shield and dedicates 100 percent of the proceeds to cancer research,
including research at Eastern Virginia Medical School. |
Tom
Byrd, president of Anthem Blue-Cross Blue-Shield of Virginia; Mike Bryan, part
of the world champion Bryan brothers men's tennis doubles team; James
Blake; Andre Agassi; Bob Bryan, the other half of the Bryan brothers team; and
John Semmes, Ph.D.
