166: Ultimate Tennis Crash-Outs, Unique Tournament Prizes & America’s Most Beautiful Courts | EP 166
Nothing Major
Sift Creative
4.8 • 607 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
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On this Friday episode of Nothing Major, John Isner, Sam Querrey and Stevie Johnson debate replacing the show jingle, then Sam unleashes his “air freshener guy” rant. The guys dive into tennis’s biggest on-court meltdowns, sparked by Daniil Medvedev’s Monte Carlo racket smash and Iva Jovic's suggestion, revisiting classics from Baghdatis, Nalbandian, McEnroe, Youzhny, Kyrgios, Serena, Tarango and more, and pick a top five for fans to vote on.
They also break down the best non-cash tournament prizes (Stuttgart Porsches, Indy’s RCA electronics giveaways, Federer’s cow, Rolex watches, and Laver Cup gifts). Finally, they launch a fan-driven search for the most beautiful tennis court in the U.S. and answer listener questions on memorable shots, friendship boundaries, and how hard to push kids in tennis.
00:00 Show Tease And Lineup
00:26 Welcome Back And Jingle Debate
02:39 Sam Air Freshener Rant
07:22 Biggest Tennis Meltdowns
16:52 Voting The Top Crashouts
20:25 Best Non Cash Tournament Prizes
22:23 Wildest Giveaway Stories
24:56 Watches And Sponsor Swag
25:09 Rolex Winner Watches
25:36 Best Tournament Gifts
27:05 Dream Prizes Ideas
28:27 Honorary Club Memberships
32:44 Most Beautiful US Courts
38:16 Top Players List Debate
39:46 Career Shots Memories
42:25 Life Advice Loud Friend
44:43 Coaching Kids Balance
49:46 Wrap Up And Submissions
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on Nothing Major, we have a great show ahead. |
| 0:03.4 | We're going to talk about the biggest meltdowns in tennis history. |
| 0:07.6 | We're also going to have a beautiful tennis court segment, which we're going to need some |
| 0:11.2 | fan participation in. |
| 0:13.0 | And on top of that, the best non-cash prizes at tennis tournaments. |
| 0:17.5 | That's all ahead on Nothing Major. |
| 0:19.2 | This is going to be a fun one. |
| 0:20.2 | Let's get it started. |
| 0:20.8 | Jack Jones, Stevie and Sam, got close a few times, never want to slam. Nothing major. |
| 0:26.8 | All right. Welcome back to Nothing major. John is here with Sam Quarry. You're centered up. |
| 0:32.1 | You're good. I'm trying to get good lighting. All right. Stop wiggling. Stevie Johnson and the team at SIFT Creative. We are back on this Friday. Before we get in to the meat of the show, a few things need to address. First off is the jingle. we need to talk about this |
| 0:55.2 | it's over sam you might need to |
| 0:57.3 | re-record it um with jack not not being here |
| 1:01.1 | anymore what are your thoughts on that |
| 1:04.5 | um it just seems before we started recording sam was saying |
| 1:08.3 | when we first played the jingle everyone was like stop playing this i can't listen can't listen to this. And then a week later, all the comments are, don't get rid of the jingle. So we're a little confused. Yeah, same. You summed it up perfectly. It's typical just like the internet. The haters only come out on the internet, right? So if you like the jingle and we got rid of it, you commented, if you didn't like the jingle or, yeah, I don't even know exactly right. But yeah, I know what you're trying to say. I'll re-record the jingle. I'll re-record the jingle. Let's get a new jingle. I weirdly hated it and then grew to love it and I'm going to change the cadence of the sound and the music. So if anyone has some like lyrics, basic lyrics, we don't want too much. Something quick in and out and I will record it again. Okay. Can't wait. That sucks for us, Stevie. Does that suck for us? Well, do you guys want to sing too? Not really. No. Why don't you not finish dead last in our bracket challenge? And maybe you wouldn't have to do this. Yeah, valid point. You still have other debts to pay off as well. So we'll get there at some point. I still have that cheat outfit. That's right. Yeah, the cheat outfit. Wimbledon would be a good place for it. |
| 2:35.5 | Wimbledon. Zero shot. I wear that. That would be unbelievable. We're to the Wimbledon Champions Dinner. I heard, actually, I heard you're not invited to that anymore. I didn't get invited to the Legends. I'm pretty pissed, actually. But just the Champions ball as well. Well, it's kind of one of this. if you get invited the legends, then you're invited to the ball. |
| 2:37.4 | You're not just invited to the ball out of the blue. |
| 2:50.9 | Yeah. Yeah. All right. Sam, also, you texted us. You have yet another rant, and you claim this is an all-time rant. And that's what you said. This is what you said. This better be good. |
| 2:51.5 | Don't say that on the pod. Like, what you're overselling it. You oversold it was an all-time rant. Those are your words. Okay. I'm not overselling anything. On Monday, this came to my head on Monday when I was driving to meet Stevie to play tennis. You know, like when we play tournaments or do |
| 3:07.7 | you know exos and stuff sometimes we get like a little goody bag |
| 3:10.8 | gift bag and it's always when I was driving to meet Stevie to play tennis. You know, like when we play tournaments or do, you know, exos and stuff, |
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