Best Of: John McEnroe / Amanda Shires

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🗓️ 10 September 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Tennis legend John McEnroe talks about his career, his outbursts on the court, and his new job as a TV tennis analyst and voice-over artist on the hit Netflix Series, Never Have I Ever. McEnroe is the subject of a new Showtime documentary.

Also, songwriter and singer Amanda Shires performs a few songs and talks about her life. Her latest album, Take it Like a Man, has songs about a rocky period in her marriage to singer songwriter Jason Isbell. Shires also founded the Highwomen, a supergroup featuring country stars Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby.

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0:00.0	From WHYY in Philadelphia, I'm Terry Gross with Fresh Air Weekend.
0:06.8	Today we'll hear from John McEnroe, one of the most talented and volatile tennis players
0:12.0	ever.
0:13.0	He'll talk about his career, his outbursts at umpires, and his new careers as a TV tennis
0:18.3	analyst and narrator of the hit Netflix series Never Have I Ever.
0:23.4	McEnroe is the subject of a new showtime documentary.
0:26.7	Also, songwriter singer and musician Amanda Shires will perform a few songs and talk about
0:32.5	her life.
0:33.5	Her latest album Take It Like A Man has songs related to a rocky period in her marriage
0:38.6	to singer-songwriter Jason Isbel.
0:56.2	This is Fresh Air Weekend.
0:57.8	I'm Terry Gross.
0:59.5	Dave Davies has a first interview.
1:01.5	Here's Dave to introduce it.
1:03.9	Our guest today, John McEnroe, is remembered as one of the greatest tennis players ever,
1:09.2	and one of the loudest.
1:10.7	He's won 155 combined titles, that's singles and doubles, more than any man in the game's
1:16.5	modern era.
1:17.5	And he's won 25 singles titles on the Champions Tour, the circuit for those who've retired
1:22.5	from the mainstream tour.
1:24.8	His playing days are also remembered for moments like this.
1:28.5	You can't be serious, man.
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