Tennis isn't just a sport — it can also be a vehicle to change lives and leave a lasting impact.

Just ask Stacey Allaster. The chief executive of professional tennis at the USTA and U.S. Open tournament director is a lifer in the sport. Even though she didn't play it at the highest level, she's led it from those same heights, earning her this year's USTA Mid-Atlantic Foundation's Tennis Creates Impact Award.

Allaster will receive the award at the Tennis Creates Gala, Dec. 6 at the Salamander Washington D.C., the USTA Mid-Atlantic Foundation's signature fundraising event.

On this edition of District of Sports, Allaster joins George Gerbo to discuss the honor, her lifetime experiences in tennis, including leading America's Grand Slam through a global pandemic and elevating it to heights, as well the surging state of the sport after the emergences of stars such as Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka.

The Washington Spirit secured the No. 2 seed in the National Women's Soccer League playoffs and are seeking a title after falling in the championship game last year, but face some questions after injuries and losing their final two matches of the regular season.

On this edition of District of Sports, NWSL This Week podcast host Michael Minnich joins George Gerbo to breakdown the challenges facing the Spirit, including the health of U.S. Women's National Team star Trinity Rodman, as well as a look at the upheval among Audi Field's main tenant, D.C. United, which recently fired its general manager and is on its seventh different coach since 2022.

Just as men's tennis has been transitioning out of the "Big Three" era, a budding rivalry has begin to appear in its place that, in its infancy, has delivered much of the same thrill and fervor, as Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have quickly infused their own dominance into the annals of the sport.

On this edition of District of Sports, George Gerbo talks with tennis writer Giri Nathan, author of the new book Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis.

Nathan discusses the onus for the book, the difference between this rivalry and the one between Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, DMV native Frances Tiafoe's chances for a breakthrough in this new era, and more.