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“I haven’t held a racket since then,” he said in an interview with The Times.

After being sworn in, Jeri vowed to spend the remainder of the presidential term cracking down on spiralling violence linked to extortion rackets run by organized crime gangs.

Humiliation followed: birdies whipping past my racket, buzzing my ears, and on one occasion leaving a mark on my forehead.

But according to law enforcement authorities, being locked up hasn’t stopped him from running drug and protection rackets in his old neighborhood.

For years, it was WASPy, long-legged girls, with a tennis racket over one shoulder and a touch-me-not attitude.