Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson By Ashley Brown (Oxford University Press, 595 pages, $29.95) Iga Świątek, WTA top-ranked tennis player, and Aryna Sabalenka, right behind her at No. 2. battled it out for the prize at…

Strength for the Fight: The Life and Faith of Jackie Robinson By Gary Scott Smith (Eerdmans, 315 pages, $25) Today, April 15, is Jackie Robinson Day. This annual commemoration by Major League Baseball of its first black player, the man…