![]() These three very different individuals brought tennis to a much larger viewing audience. The McEnroe-Borg-Connors years were the apex of tennis viewing. McEnroe tried to become a musician after tennis,and unsurprisingly,it didn't work out.Īs sports biographies go,this is a good one,and brought back quite a few memories. ![]() There are plenty of anecdotes,including one about Donald Trump,who he says,offered him a million dollars to play the Williams Sisters.Īlso,a candid account of his failed marriage to Tatum O Neal,and the tabloid interest it generated.Plus,the eternal question of what should an elite athlete do with the rest of his life,once his career is over,at a young age. He is not too contrite about his on court behavior,even saying that tennis had had "too much behaving" and he wanted to change that. ![]() ![]() The highs and lows of his tennis career are narrated in a lively manner, McEnroe writes about his admiration for Borg,against whom he played some memorable matches,particularly at Wimbledon.His impressions of Jimmy Connors,are not too favorable. He also won a number of grand slams,and became the number one player in the world,before the power hitters displaced him from the pinnacle of the sport. ![]() The autobiography of Super-Brat,Mac the Mouth,is an entertaining one.As gifted as he was as a tennis player,his on court tantrums will probably be remembered even more than his victories."He took whining to the next level". ![]()
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