At Verizon Center, Crank Dat With Colin and the Wizards

Addie, 88, has lived and taught tennis in the Washington area for more than 70 years. She won Wimbledon in 1946 and four U.S. championships at Forest Hills. She was one of the top players in the world through the 1940s, turning pro in 1950 and barnstorming throughout the country with greats such as Jack Kramer and Don Budge.

"It was a great time," she said in an interview last week at the Summerville Nursing Home in Potomac. "I was lucky enough to have played against so many great players and have so many fond memories."

Addie, who was married to the late Washington Post sports columnist Bob Addie, also was an avid golfer, master bridge player and, according to her son Rusty, an accomplished flutist and pianist.

Among the celebrities who will honor Addie Thursday is Billie Jean King, whom Addie said "did so much to promote the game." So did Pauline Betz Addie.

Finally

Author, columnist, poet and raconteur John Feinstein's celebrity has reached new heights with his disclosure that he and several partners will be opening a restaurant in the coming months in Potomac. This boggles the mind; among the sports celebs who have owned restaurants are Jack Dempsey, Sugar Ray Robinson, Mickey Mantle, Wilt Chamberlain and Joe Theismann.

And now Feinstein?

Will the restaurant be called "Junior's" -- one of his many monikers? Or "Prolific"? Or "Duke's" after his alma mater and my all-time favorite D.C. restaurant?

Feinstein -- whose latest book-of-the-month offering about Tom Glavine and Mike Mussina, "Living on the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember," is about to be released -- said he and his partners (what's the over-under on how long this alliance lasts?) are seeking a name for their restaurant.

Suggestions should be sent to: Talkback@washpost.com. The winning entry gets a free dinner with Feinstein at his new place; second place wins two dinners and one book.