1994 International Tennis Hall of Fame Enshrinee as a journalist.
Longtime tennis analyst for NBC and the Boston Globe. Has written three
editions of the Bud Collins Tennis Encyclopedia.
Coached tennis at Brandeis University (1959-1963). Among his pupils was
Abbie Hoffman.
Collins was the recipient of the Red Smith Award, America's most prestigious sports writing honor, and was inducted into the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame in 2002.