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Rising wheelchair tennis star Conner Stroud knows all about grit With Roland Garros now rescheduled for September, we turn to another case of true grit in action, a 20-year-old from Rutherfordton ...
To get to the tennis court, Conner Stroud pushes his wheelchair there. This is made more difficult by the fact that he has no legs. Conner, 15, then does the intricate dance required to climb into ...
FOREST CITY, N.C. -- To get to the tennis court, Conner Stroud pushes his wheelchair there. This is made more difficult by the fact that he has no legs. Conner, 15, does the intricate dance ...
Stroud began playing in able-bodied tournaments at age 5. Rita remembers being skeptical, but soon saw that Conner’s confidence was well-founded.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Conner Stroud fell in love with the sport of tennis at an early age. He was born with only one main leg bone for each leg, an extremely rare condition known as proximal focal ...
Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Chamarri Conner brings down Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud for the team's sixth sack of the game.
Matthew Berry, Jay Croucher and Connor Rogers dive into Connor's updated NFL Draft big board, highlighting several key offensive prospects including C.J. Stroud, Bijan Robinson, Jaxon Smith-Njigba ...
Turk Wharton got an 8-yard sack on Stroud in the first half that set the Texans back offensively at an important moment, and defensive back Chamarri Conner got into the act as well on a well-timed ...
Byron Donald “Micah” Stroud, 45, Tyrone, passed away Thursday morning. He was born in State College, son of Byron Lee and Elaine Carol Shafer-Stroud. On Feb. 25, 1995, he married Meghan ...
NEW YORK – Tennis players around the world have learned plenty from Rafael Nadal. On Tuesday, Nadal learned something from Conner Stroud. Stroud, a 12-year-old from Spindale, N.C., was born ...
NEW YORKNEW YORK — Tennis players around the world have learned plenty from Rafael Nadal. On Tuesday, Nadal learned something from Conner Stroud. Stroud, a 12-year-old from Spindale, N.C., was ...
Conner Stroud of Rutherfordton, N.C., has a non-hereditary birth defect called proximal femoral focal deficiency, or PFFD, that left him without legs. But he can’t remember a time before he ...