# Game, Set, Match - Bud Collins RIP

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 4, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-set-match-bud-collins-rip/747947 "2016-03-04T19:08:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-set-match-bud-collins-rip/747947/1 "2016-03-04T19:08:07Z")

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> **[Bud Collins, barrier-breaker and tennis authority, dies at 86 - The Boston Globe](https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/03/04/bud-collins-tennis-authority-print-and-dies/9Yl6HbTvGJrEQB4IRT20vL/story.html)**
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> Mr. Collins’s words were as colorful and memorable as his custom-tailored pants.

I wan’t a huge tennis fan, but I was a fan of Bud Collins. RIP.