Bringing down the curtain on this column after 80 years.

Alan Truscott wrote The New York Times bridge column from 1964 to 1994.

It was with much sadness that I learned The New York Times has decided to eliminate its bridge column.

One player has been voted in this year: Michael Rosenberg of Cupertino, Calif.

The trial to select the two United States women’s teams for this year’s Venice Cup world championship took place last week in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

The trial to select the two United States women’s teams for the Venice Cup finished on Saturday.

In Shanghai last week, there were subsidiary events for those players not continuing in the Yeh Brothers Cup.

The 48-board final was between China Open and Red Bull.

The most previous editor of the Bridge Bulletin of the American Contract Bridge League, Brent Manley, began his career in the newspaper industry.