Tuesday, November 21, 2006

The best "Whatever happened to...?" to come along in a while

Tennis fans may wonder whatever happened to Andrea Jaeger, the temperamental American tennis star with the big forehand and the mighty topspin who was once number two in the world, and who was a finalist at both Wimbledon and the French Open.

Jaeger's tennis career, unfortunately, was cut short by a severe shoulder injury, and people lost track of her. In 1989, two years after her forced retirement (she actually stopped playing in 1985), Jaeger co-founded Little Star Foundation, which provides help to children who are ill, neglected, poor, and abused. And as of September, the former tennis great became Sister Andrea, an Anglican Dominican nun. Sister Andrea's main activity now is helping children with cancer.