TAG: John McEnroe
Sep/26
13
Bryan Shelton On Facing McEnroe And A Rude Encounter With BG
11 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
By Scoop Malinowski My first interaction with Bryan Shelton was at Eddie Herr International Championships at IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL ten years ago. I asked Bryan about if he ever had played John McEnroe for my Facing McEnroe book. He shared a wonderful memory: “I played him in doubles. It must have been early […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Ben Shelton · Brad Gilbert · Bryan Shelton · Jimmy Connors · John McEnroe · US Open
Aug/26
20
Facing McEnroe Art By Arnaud Brosset
4 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
A popular French artist named Arnaud Brosset created a work of art about my Facing John McEnroe book which is something I never could have possibly imagined – and my imagination – previously – had no limits. This is so cool! Thank you Arnaud! Continue to read full article...
Tennis legend John McEnroe still loves a good tennis battle at age 67 and he got one this week at Malibu Racquet Club. The former ATP world no. 1 in singles and doubles and winner of 77 ATP titles each in both singles and doubles, hit this week with WTA player Carson Branstine. The workout […] Continue to read full article...
Did you know the original studio set for the 1981 launch of MTV (Music Television) on Cable TV was simply a small room with a brick wall, a barber chair, a bicycle, a bay window that looked out on nowhere and a tennis racquet leaning up in the corner. It will remain unknown exactly why […] Continue to read full article...
Bjorn Borg · John McEnroe · Martha Quinn · MTV · Pat Benatar
John McEnroe has found his lost broadcasting mojo. Last year McEnroe was somewhat unimpressive during his Grand Slam announcing broadcasts, not saying anything really interesting or intriguing for most of the year, which we all know he can do when he wants to. Maybe he was bored, maybe he was mailing it in, maybe he […] Continue to read full article...
AO · ESPN · John McEnroe
Nov/25
30
Pat Cash Autobiography Uncovered Dropped Truth Bombs
17 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Bios
I’ve read a lot of tennis books and no autobiography has ever dropped more truth bombs than Pat Cash’s Uncovered which was published in 2002. Here is the first truth bomb of when I will post many more… “Six months earlier (1997) John McEnroe had declared that the last two remaining great bastions of communism […] Continue to read full article...
Ivan Lendl · John McEnroe · Pat Cash · Petr Korda · Thomas Muster
Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori defended their mixed doubles title and pocketed $1m, that’s an $800,000 raise from last year’s mixed doubles payday the Italian team earned. They beat Ruud/Iga in the final 63 57 10-6. Errani said this after the win during her on court speech: “I think this one is for all the […] Continue to read full article...
Tennis is a fascinating game that has produced wondrous action, marvelous champions and also a few very profound quotations… “Tennis is a fistfight without the fists.” – Tracy Austin “I handle pressure differently than Borg. I’d rather go berserk on court for 30 seconds than let it build up for years. If you keep it […] Continue to read full article...
Q. With the technology the way it is today is the beauty and the grace that you displayed, is that gone forever. I mean, Pete probably comes — he has that total game, but is the aggressive tone of the game today, has that diminished what you guys used to do? ROD LAVER: A lot […] Continue to read full article...
Australia · John McEnroe · Pete Sampras · Rod Laver · US Open · Wimbledon
With the geometry and elegance of the game of tennis, there are always some artsy results in photography… Continue to read full article...
