North Port is a city in southern Sarasota County, Florida, United States. The population was 57,357 at the 2010 census. It is part of the North PortâBradentonâSarasota Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was originally developed by General Development Corporation as the northern or Sarasota County part of its Port Charlotte development. GDC dubbed it North Port Charlotte, and it was incorporated under that name through a special act of the Florida Legislature in 1959. By referendum in 1974 the city's residents approved a change to simply North Port to proclaim its separate identity.
OTL: Tennis Grunting (1:17)Tennis legend Martina Navratilova and WTA CEO Stacey Allaster discuss the loud grunting on the tour. WIMBLEDON, England -- The grounds here resound with history, tradition and records. But this Wimbledon is the 50th anniversary of an episode about which few people have heard a peep. When 17-year-old Victoria Palmer of Arizona came to play her first Wimbledon in 1962, she was already an accomplished player and distinctive among her peers for her loud grunting.
The rest, as they say, was history. In 1936, I saw it played for the first time at the Olympic games, Naismith said gleefully in the interview. And the whole thing started with a couple of peach baskets I put up in a gym 48 years ago.. 1  James Naismith.  Basketball.