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PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TENNIS WEEK MAG ACCUSED OF FOSTERING RACISM
Pro Tennis Coach Responds to Delic Lies In Interview By Tennis Week
Jacksonville, Florida USA - February 5, 2007 -- The following response letter was sent to Tennis Week magazine on January 3, 2007 in response to a blatant lie that was published by the magazine from a December 2006 interview of ATP Tour pro tennis player Amer Delic. The letter was also sent to Chuck Bennett, Senior Corporate Vice President of IMG (International Management Group), who now owns the publication. Morris King, Jr. is the pro tennis coach that Richard Williams hand-picked in 1997 to assist him with the rise of his now champion daughters, Venus and Serena, to the top 10 in the pro rankings. As of this press release, there has been no response, correction or apology from Tennis Week or IMG. You decide.
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January 3, 2007
Andrea Leand, Executive Director
Tennis Week Magazine
15 Elm Place
Rye, NY 10580
Re: Tennis Week Interview: Amer Delic
by Richard Pagliaro, 12/12/2006
It never ceases to amaze me at the ease at which the "pro status-quo" tennis press has absolutely no problem passing along a lie, especially if that lie in any way derides someone black in tennis. In your December 12, 2006 interview of Amer Delic by Richard Pagliaro, Delic told the lie that "Ricardo Acuna, when I first came here from Bosnia, he was the first one who took me under his wing...". This was a highly researchable slight targeted at me, the black, Florida tennis coach that put Amer Delic on the map when he and his family came to the U.S. as refugees from Bosnia. There are hordes of witnesses. Delic was allowed by Tennis Week to further the horrific treacheries, that have already been written about, in the now famous tennis exposé entitled "About Morris King, Jr...", found at www.protennisexpose.net without the benefit of Tennis Week having done any research into the truthfulness of his statements. In short, Delic used your publication to carry out his insidious goal(s) and to perpetrate a fraud.
Here's truth:
Ricardo Acuna was not even around when my, own, mother spent her hard earned money to pay for tournaments, the travel and hotels for Amer. Yet no mention of same by Tennis Week; just Amer's deception. Ricardo Acuna had nothing to do with the fact that a black, physician friend of mine, Dr. Charles Simmons, purchased equipment for Amer because he was in dire need; yet again Tennis Week fostered Amer's deception. Ricardo Acuna also was not around nor had anything to do with Amer getting free tennis shoes from the now-defunct sports store Sports Unlimited, which was being managed at that time by Anthony Rogers, a black friend of mine who did this in order to assist me. These were all black people who did these things for Amer well before I made him into "THE" Amer Delic that everyone came to know as an outstanding junior player. Whites ONLY became interested in him once I made him into an exceptional junior standout.
Here's more research for Tennis Week, Pagliaro and other whites in tennis who love to slight black people. Years ago, Amer was brought to me by a black kid named Eros Stewart (phone number & email address was included here). Also, you can find one of the many, many pictures that I have of me and Amer at
http://www.juniortennis.com/Coaching/coach_profile.php?id=64
(see the gallery photos). And certainly if Pagliaro can read, he could have found out the details of how Ricardo Acuna came into the picture from having read the aforementioned exposé: It was as a thief!
Oh, did I fail to mention that Amer was on a full MAGIAN World Class Tennis scholarship; he paid absolutely nothing! Didn't see that mentioned by Tennis Week either. MAGIAN student/players got together and gave Amer many of their clothes due to the fact that Amer had almost none, in having fled Bosnia as a refugee. Once he got here (U.S.) and derived success from all of our efforts, whites obviously taught him the benefits of the politics of race or the benefits of the practice of racism. It was then that Acuna, the USTA and other whites came to steal the player and the credit for his development. In the beginning, none of them were interested.
At 14 years of age, under my coaching tutelage, Amer Delic was highly ranked in Florida 18s and men's open divisions. He won many, many tournaments, even having beaten guys who had just earned 1 and 2 ATP world points on the satellite pro circuit. That's at 14! No Ricardo Acuna around then! At 14 years of age, Amer played in the 16s draw of the Orange Bowl (NOT the Jr. Orange Bowl, as his age would have dictated). Marat Safin was the #2 seed in the 16s draw and Amer won 1 round, which was pretty miraculous considering the amount of time that Amer had been training with me as well as how far he had come in his development. Oops, no Ricardo Acuna there then either. However, look at the deception that has been fostered and echoed by Tennis Week.
To this very day, my 76 years old mother remains quite upset over the slights from Amer Delic, his family and now Tennis Week. I expect Tennis Week to write an apology and clarification based on sound research, including interviews of people who were witnesses and participants. That is, unless Tennis Week is subliminally announcing that it is joining the racist crowd that was "outted" in the exposé.
So, is Tennis Week now in the business of perpetuating filthy lies against black people? Or just against black tennis coaches? Or just joining the band wagon of filthy lies being perpetrated against me? Do I now need to get rapper Kanye West to publicly announce that Tennis Week doesn't like black tennis coach Morris King, Jr.? Or do I simply need to get legal? Hopefully we will be able to resolve this sham without the need for any further pursuits. It was incumbent upon you to check the facts.
Sincerely,
/s/
Morris King, Jr.
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