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Novak Djokovic Isn't Your Typical Tennis Champion ... Thank Goodness
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsThis is about how to be a tennis champion and pick up babes, Novak Djokovic style. It involves nipple tassels. Be prepared: It also involves a little granny-on-Novak action. A certain dignity is required of tennis champions. It must be. We've seen it forever. Djokovic doesn't have it, doesn't behave like any tennis champ we've seen before. I'll just say this ... Thank God. We've had cranky champs (John McEnroe), and flashy ones (Andre Agassi). Usually, just well-behaved ones who are a little stiff. When Djokovic won the Australian Open Sunday, I started replaying so many of his antics. A ...
Donald Young, John McEnroe's Pet Project, Sinking Into Oblivion
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsThe legend of Donald Young is that it all started when a 10-year-old ball boy at a senior tennis tournament in Chicago asked John McEnroe if he would hit tennis balls for a few minutes. McEnroe agreed. They hit, and McEnroe was so shocked at how good the kid was that he went straight to his cell phone, called his agent at IMG and told him to sign Young. What a story! It tells of a selfless legend, but even more so offers hope that we might be discovered someday, or our children might be. Also, it suggests that Average Joes walking the streets might have greatness. Count me as a former ...
Patrick McEnroe Walks the Davis Cup Plank; Who's Next?
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsNEW YORK – Patrick McEnroe quit Monday as the U.S. Davis Cup team captain, and that means they're going to have to find someone else who can do whatever it is that a Davis Cup captain actually does. It's tough to know what the job duties are exactly. Suffer big egos, kiss up to top players. Beg them to play for their country. Shake hands. Deal with headaches. Definitely that last one. The early front-runners for the job are former players Jim Courier and Todd Martin. My preference is a risky one: Brad Gilbert. But I'll get back to that in a minute. Let's talk about McEnroe. Or, ...
McEnroe, Carillo Tangle Over Women's, Men's Tennis Tour Schedule
By Milton Kent - AOL NewsThat's why any tennis tournament in which John McEnroe and Mary Carillo are in the same booth is worth watching, even if you can't tell a lob from a smash. On a conference call Thursday, organized by CBS to gin up publicity for the network's coverage of the U.S. Open, Carillo and McEnroe, who won the French Open mixed doubles title in 1977, were in semifinal form. Their debate focused on whether the top women's players play in enough tournaments, and while the Williams' sisters were the focus of the discussion, the debate was not limited strictly to them. It was McEnroe who advanced the ...
Some Things Never Change, John McEnroe Back on Attack
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsMASON, Ohio -- It's never easy to admit you're wrong. For John McEnroe, it's impossible. But I gave him a chance Wednesday. Guess how he reacted. "I don't think you know the game,'' he snapped at me. He went on a rant that included something or other about "the stupidest argument.'' Now I know how line judges used to feel. Only difference was, I was able to talk back. Breathe in, breathe out, John. You're 51 years old. Let me step back a little. McEnroe, still the most important face and voice in American tennis, irresponsibly botched the aftermath of Serena Williams' threatening, f-bomb ...
My So-Called Life as a World TeamTennis PA Announcer
By Christopher Botta - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- John McEnroe screamed "SHUT UP!" at me, and I wasn't even an umpire at his match. In fact, on this night I was kind of on his team. No matter the circumstances, it was perversely thrilling -- something I'll be able to tell my grandchildren. In one of the most out-of-left-field experiences in a career with a few of them, I was asked to be the public address announcer for the New York Sportimes during their three-week World TeamTennis season in July. The invitation came from a friend on the PR side who knew I loved and understood the game. That, having a voice, the ability to read ...
From Spoiled to Rotten, the Story of American Men's Tennis
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsPete Sampras used to warn us: American tennis fans were spoiled. Well, no chance of that anymore. The era of American dominance on the men's tennis tour ended a few years ago, but on Monday, the era of American presence ended, too. Andy Roddick fell to No. 11 in the world rankings, leaving a grand total of zero American men in the top 10 for the first time since they started having computer rankings in 1973. Zero. And this hasn't been so much of a gradual fall-off as a nosedive off a cliff since Sampras beat Andre Agassi in the U.S. Open final in 2002. In eight years, we've gone from the ...
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, Andy Roddick Discuss State of American Tennis
By FanHouse TV - AOL NewsJohn McEnroe and Andy Roddick met the media last week at a World TeamTennis event in Randall's Island, NY. Among the topics discussed were the state of American tennis, how the epic Wimbledon match between Nicolas Mahut and John Isner can help the game, and the influence Billy Jean King had on both McEnroe and Roddick. Click below to watch: .fanhouseButton {margin:2em 0;} .fanhouseButton a:link, .fanhouseButton a:visited, .fanhouseButton a:hover, .fanhouseButton a:active {background-color:#dd2829;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:18px;padding:0.3em 0.6em;text-decoration:none;} .fanhouseButton ...
In Women's Tennis, Rivalries Drying Up
By Milton Kent - AOL NewsOnce upon a time, women's tennis was loaded with rivalries. Every time you turned around, names you knew were meeting in the later rounds of Grand Slam play. There was some permutation of Margaret Court Smith, Evonne Goolagong, Chris Evert (pictured) and Martina Navratilova doing battle in the '70s and '80s. As Smith and Goolagong faded, Steffi Graf was added to the mix in the '80s and into the '90s, along came Lindsay Davenport and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario. Next, Martina Hingis and Monica Seles, and into the new millennium, there were Justine Henin, Kim Clijsters and the Williams sisters. ...
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