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March 29, 2024

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Andre Agassi Foundation for Education red carpet.

In this photo provided by Horizon Sports & Experiences, Andre Agassi plays pickleball during a training session in Las Vegas, Sept. 28, 2023.
Hall of Fame tennis player Andre Agassi uncovers new passion with pickleball
Saturday, February 3, 2024
At first, Andre Agassi was perplexed by the pickleball craze. He just didn’t quite understand the appeal. Now, the Hall of Fame tennis player can’t get enough of hitting drop shots and moving toward the kitchen (that's a pickleball term). Agassi watches pickleball videos — just long enough to be inspired to play — goes to his club every other day for ...
Andre Agassi, center right, and Bobby Turner, center left, of the Turner-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund interact with first-graders Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, at Mater Bonanza Academy in Las Vegas. The charter school opened in August 2017.
Agassi says latest charter school ‘a dream come realized’
Monday, December 11, 2017
With more than 1.2 million students nationwide waiting to get into public charter schools, it is important to expand such opportunities, charter advocates said today at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new school in the east valley ...
This Las Vegas house on Pinto Lane owned by The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers is up for sale, Tuesday, April, 25, 2017. The house was also previously own by Andre Agassi.
Photos: Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers selling Vegas mansion
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Do you want to live in Brandon Flowers’ mansion, once also owned by Andre Agassi and Howard Hughes among other Las Vegas celebrities? Flowers’ 8,300-square-foot estate, 2981 Pinto Lane near Rancho and Alta drives, is for sale ...
Andre Agassi helps Taylor Mosby, a student from Agassi Prep, play with an iPad and Square Panda app after a press event at Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy on Nov. 1, 2016. The event was held to announce a special partnership and research project with Square Panda and the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy.
As turmoil swirls around Agassi Prep's future, school unveils new tech tool
Thursday, November 3, 2016
A hall full of students at Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy sat happily and cheered as the school’s namesake stood at a podium Tuesday to announce the ...
Agassi partners with education tech firm to help young readers
Monday, January 4, 2016
Square Panda’s "phonics play-set" aims to create a one-on-one environment to help children develop the basics of reading before they enter kindergarten ...
Andre Agassi, left, greets Kirk Kerkorian in 2011 at the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education Grand Slam for Children fundraiser, where Kerkorian donated $18 million to the foundation.
Kerkorian’s generosity will influence generations
Sunday, June 21, 2015
On a night in 2011, Andre Agassi was about to tell the audience of about 1,000 dignitaries and supporters that Kirk Kerkorian had made a donation of $18 million to his foundation. “But before I tell you that gift, let me tell you that if it wasn’t for him and his kindness to my family, I wouldn’t be standing in front of you today. ...”
This 1987 file photo shows actor Robin Williams in character as disc jockey Adrian Cronauer in director Barry Levinson's comedy drama "Good Morning Vietnam." Williams has died in an apparent suicide. He was 63.
In Las Vegas, Robin Williams remembered as ‘one of the most beloved and respected comics ever’
Monday, August 11, 2014
Jerry Lewis learned the news of the death of comic great Robin Williams this afternoon while Lewis was watching CNN. A phone call to Lewis at his Las Vegas home was ...
Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf on the red carpet for the 2012 Keep Memory Alive "Power of Love Gala" tribute to Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday at MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012.
Andre Agassi takes center court at Governor’s Mansion
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Sometimes the nuttiest ideas also are the most inspired. Turning a common pair of tube socks, something you’d buy in a three-to-a-pack plastic bag at Target, into pure genius in a Strip production show is such an example ...
Long-time friends of Jackie Gaughan arrive for the memorial mass for John Davis "Jackie" Gaughan held at St. Viator Catholic Church in Las Vegas on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2014. From right to left are  Burton Cohen, Gene Kilroy and an unidentified man.
Burton Cohen and the Howard Hughes ‘Ice Cream Saga’; Brooklyn Bowl reps are really digging Las Vegas
Friday, May 9, 2014
Burton Cohen was president of the Desert Inn when Howard Hughes set up at the hotel on Thanksgiving of 1966. That doesn't mean the two ever met, though.
With the FIBO Innovation Award and trophy on display in the background, tennis champion Andre Agassi laughs with colleagues as they discuss the success of BILT equipment on Friday, April 26, 2013.
Agassi: Everyone wants him in politics, and no one would want to run against him
Sunday, March 9, 2014
The text is from Andre Agassi, and it’s one of those messages that prompts the now-familiar “LOL” response ...
Andre Agassi, partner hit with fine by gaming board
Gaming:
Friday, August 9, 2013
Former tennis star Andre Agassi and the other owner of a Las Vegas restaurant with slot machines have agreed to pay a $15,000 fine for violating state gaming regulations.
Andre Agassi waves to the crowd after defeating Jim Courier during the Las Vegas stop of the 2011 Champions Series Tennis tournament Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011. Agassi won last year's event and will headline this year's tour stop at Mandalay Bay on Nov. 17.
Local tennis legend Andre Agassi will headline tour stop in Las Vegas this fall
Tennis: The PowerShares Series Tour comes to Mandalay Bay on Nov. 17, with matches featuring Agassi, John McEnroe, Jim Courier and Michael Chang
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Andre Agassi will headline another Vegas show this summer. After entertaining his hometown crowd last year with a victory against Pete Sampras, Agassi will be back Nov. 17 at Mandalay Bay in the PowerShares Series Tour (formerly the Champions Series).
Retired tennis players and husband-and-wife Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf attend a quarterfinals match between Mikhail Youzhny of Russia and Roger Federer of Switzerland at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England, on July 4, 2012.
Agassi returns to Wimbledon on 20th anniversary of first Grand Slam win
Friday, July 6, 2012
Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, the king and queen of tennis, returned to Wimbledon this week, taking their places as special guests in the royal box.
Andre Agassi blows a kiss to the crowd after beating Pete Sampras during the Las Vegas stop of the 2011 Champions Series Tennis tournament Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011.
Agassi drops smack talk (and big serves) on Sampras in local match
Sunday, October 16, 2011
The message for his longtime rival: “You used to be so good. What happened to you?”
Andre Agassi waves to the crowd after defeating Jim Courier during the Las Vegas stop of the 2011 Champions Series Tennis tournament Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011.
Andre Agassi thrives on the court, as host of legends tennis series
Sunday, October 16, 2011
When Andre Agassi took two straight points Saturday against Pete Sampras during a tennis exhibition at the Thomas & Mack Center, the Las Vegas native Agassi jokingly had a message for his longtime rival. “You used to be so good. What happened to you,” Agassi said.