John McEnroe As Mr. Nice Guy

John McEnroe Shows His Softer Side

[ad_1] By Randy Walker @TennisPublisher During my four years at the University of Georgia, I was privileged to spend my entire tenure in the mix with the university’s celebrated men’s tennis team. For my first two years in 1988 and 1989, I was a walk-on team member and manager of the team, and for my…

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John McEnroe Tells Fans to “Take a Hike”

[ad_1] John McEnroe’s most famous tennis tantrum was probably his “You Cannot Be Serious” tirade at Wimbledon in 1981, but just before that at the Queens Club grass-court prep tournament he also had a pretty good one. The following describes the McEnroe meltdown from the June 15 chapter of the book “On This Day In…

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