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Should President Obama Appear on 'The View'? PD Writers Weigh In
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyToday's question: President Barack Obama sitting down for an interview with the ladies of "The View" -- smart, or not? Where a president goes to speak -- each venue, each city -- is part of the overall effort in every White House to get the commander in chief's message out. ABC's "The View" snared Obama, a coup for the network for sure, but what's in it for the administration? The Politics Daily crew weighs in, each with a distinctive take. Obama taped the show Wednesday while in Manhattan for two fundraisers, and the program will air on Thursday. The set of the "The View" is familiar to ...
John McEnroe Returns to Tennis
By Chris Sesno - AOL NewsJohnny Mac is back. After Nojak Djokovic took down Radek Stepanek in straight sets (6-1, 6-3, 6-3) on Monday, he tried to take a shot at one of the greats. Djokovic embarked on a rather accurate and extremely amusing impression of John McEnroe, complete with a "You can't be serious!" yelled at an (empty) chair umpire. McEnroe has had many contributions to the 2009 U.S. Open, but stepping onto the court with a tennis racket instead of a microphone tops the list. He played this point well, and it didn't look like Djokovic was taking it easy on him. McEnroe just caught him off guard and hit a ...
John McEnroe Talks About Prostate Cancer, US Open, Pop Culture
By Will Brinson - AOL NewsJohn McEnroe is one of the more recognizable athletes in the history of tennis, and maybe even sports as a whole. (I judge this based on my non-sports-following girlfriend's reaction to whom I'm interviewing -- Johnny Mac was one of three people I've talked to over the last six months that she's recognized.) However, his fame is generally considered infamy, because he garnered so much attention for his outrageous behavior on the court several decades ago.Now, though, McEnroe is a twice-honored ambassador of sorts (not a technical one, mind you); he's the unofficial ambassador of United States ...
John McEnroe Loses $2 Million in Huge Art Investment Scam
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsNEW YORK (AP) -- The owner of a now-closed Manhattan art gallery with a star-studded clientele was painted as a thief who stole $88 million from art owners, a bank and investors, including tennis great John McEnroe. Lawrence B. Salander used the money to try to corner the Renaissance art market and to support an extravagant lifestyle that included private jet travel, a lavish party for his wife at New York's Frick Collection museum, and the purchase and maintenance of his Manhattan town house and a 66-acre estate, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said.Morgenthau said Salander ...
McEnroe Tossed from Geezer Tennis Tournament
By Eric McErlain - AOL NewsFor those of you who might not have been around in the 1980s, there were few things in professional sports more entertaining than a full-on John McEnroe tirade. Sure, the act didn't sit too well with the folks at Wimbledon, but the people running the ATP tour knew full well that McEnroe, along with fellow bad boy Jimmy Connors, were promotional gold. When Nike decided it was time to dive whole hog into mega-athlete endorsements, it wasn't any surprise that McEnroe was the only tennis player they could possibly be interested in.A couple of weeks ago I got to see McEnroe play in person for the ...
Johnny Mac's Interview Technique Is Superb: Taste the Sad, Roger!!
By Will Brinson - AOL NewsI wouldn't blame you if you ducked off of NBC immediately following the 4.2 day long Wimbledon Men's Final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal yesterday. But I would urge you never to do that again. You see, Wimbledon is one of those rare sporting events where they require the second place winner (read: loser) to stay on the court and enjoy the champion's celebration. Then, after all that, they interview said loser. Your interviewer is John McEnroe and he is awkwardly asking for hugs.Sure, Federer just lost to Nadal and was about to cry and could be unseated as the world's number one. And ...
Rafael Nadal Shocks Roger Federer in Thrilling Wimbledon Final
By Will Brinson - AOL NewsThere are two rules to casually watching tennis: (1) Roger Federer is the best at everything (2) unless he plays on clay, when it becomes Rafael Nadal's world. All of that was thrown into an upheaval today, when Nadal upset Federer in an all-day Wimbledon final (longest in history) that commentator John McEnroe called the "greatest match" he has ever seen.Following rain delays, five sets of grueling intensity and four championship points, Nadal finally took Federer down 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 9-10, 9-7. For now, the only thing that matter is that Nadal gets to enjoy his first ever Wimbledon ...
Time For Five-Set Women's Grand Slams
By Larry Brown - AOL NewsI just got done watching Novak Djokovic defeat Marcos Baghdatis in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. As you can tell by the picture above, the match went nearly five hours, lasted five sets, and it was an utter duel that tested endurance, strength, moxie, and heart. Only a day earlier, I saw Djokovic grind for four hours in a four-set 4th round win over Lleyton Hewitt. That same day, second seed Rafael Nadal, who has since reached the semifinals, rallied from down two sets to beat Mikhail Youzhny in five, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2. That was an incredible turn of events in which the better player won ...
Pro Tennis: It's High Time to Bring Back Wood Rackets
By D-Wil - AOL NewsProfessional tennis players need to go back to wood. After watching Maria Sharapova hit one of her patented squash-like wristed stretch forehands and watching Rafael Nadal (both Maria and Raffa bludgeoned their opponents today at the French Open) do the same, and many other not-so well known players hit similar shots, I got disgusted. I'm joining John McEnroe's oft-spoken suggestion to both the men's' - ATP - and women's - WTA - tours, bring back the wood! I have grown tired of watching pros hit "equipment shots," the kind of shots that were impossible before the advent of composite tennis ...
John McEnroe Thinks You Are Disgraceful
By Ryan Wilson - AOL NewsI have vague recollections of men's tennis in the mid-80s and early '90s, watching guys like Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, and, of course, John McEnroe rack up major victories, all with very different styles. As an elementary-aged kid, McEnroe was possibly the most fascinating athlete I'd ever seen: charismatic, but in a really crazy way. Despite the inevitable inappropriate mid-game outburst, I always got the impression McEnroe believed he was right and the chair umpire was wrong. Every time. It wasn't about showmanship so much as wanting judges to work as hard at their job as McEnroe was ...
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