John McEnroe

Written by Delinda Lombardo Pam Shriver’s BCF Tennis Challenge presented by The Baltimore Sun Media Group is the longest running annual charity event in the world, so its no surprise that earlier this month the event attracted a star-studded line up of celebrities from the sports and tennis world in efforts to raise funds for the Baltimore Community Foundation. Former world No. 1 and Tennis Hall of Famer John McEnroe joined tennis...  

Legendary multi-sport professional, Bo Jackson has been receiving a few sneaker tributes from Nike. This time, he shares the Nike Trainer 1 with world’s famous tennis player, John McEnroe in two colorways. The Bo Jackson pair comes in Black leather base with Silver accents and splattered midsole while the John McEnroe pair is seen in [...]  

Last week, after a dinner at Broadway East to celebrate the first anniversary of BEast, none other than Björk bumped creative director Angelo Fabara off the decks in order to plug in her iPod. New York Diet alum Ajay Naidu was also there for dinner, but one celebrity wasn’t actually sipping drinks — he was serving them. We’ve noticed that Kevin McEnroe, the 23-year-old son of tennis-legend John and actress Tatum O’Neal, has been putting in...  

For a long time, John McEnroe was just like most guys: He hardly went to the doctor. That changed when his father was diagnosed with prostate cancer three years ago, McEnroe TVGuide.com. Since then, the seven-time Grand Slam champ has become a Stand Up to Cancer ambassador and has partnered with an array of organizations, including the American Urological Association, Men's Health Network, Prostate Cancer Foundation and the Prostate Conditions...  

The Family Circle Cup is adding men's tennis and music to spice up the 2010 event. Tennis legends John McEnroe and Jim Courier will join Anna Kournikova and a fourth player to be announced in singles and doubles action on April 17, the same day the Cup semifinals are held at the Family Circle Tennis Center.  

-56 consecutive victories on hard courts. Go ahead, scan that list again. All are records, some by large margins, surpassing the achievements of such greats of the game as Pete Sampras, Bjorn Borg, Rod Laver, John McEnroe. All were achieved during a ...  

I can't track down the quote, but I remember reading somewhere John Updike's assertion that he was repeatedly attracted, as a fiction writer, to the mystery of church attendance. It was a mystery in which he participated. While I'm preparing for today's show, the final show in our week of considering spritual practices, I at least found this account of Updike at a church. And this quote. "When I haven't been to church in a couple of Sundays I...  

An open offer to John Rowland. Do a full-hour radio interview with me. Let's have a long and very real conversation. If you really talked, you would get more than 15 people at your events. From the linked article: Only 15 people showed up for Rowland's speech. To attend, people had to pay $40 in advance. The event also included a buffet breakfast.  

A group of Polaroids taken by Andy Warhol have recently been released. The series is entirely of elite athletes including Muhammed Ali, O.J. Simpson, Dorothy Hamill and John McEnroe. My favorite is a very young Wayne Gretzky, complete with feathered hair. The exhibit is running in Manhattan until Dec. 12. If you can’t make it, [...]  

This is about as scary as things get at MSG without hiding a camera in Steve Mills’ office.  The always down with the cultural zeitgeist John McEnroe helps a far from capacity crowd at the Knicks home opener recall “The Young Ones”. Trailing the Sixers, 40-25, at the end of the first quarter, [...]  

John McEnroe won four U.S. Open tennis titles and three Wimbledons. He never won the French Open, however. His serve-and-volley game wasn't suited to the clay courts of Paris. But he kept trying. Ten times McEnroe entered the singles draw at Roland Garros. Ten times he left empty-handed. He reached the finals once, losing in five sets to Ivan Lendl in 1984. Yet Johnny Mac is considered one of the greatest players in the history of tennis...  

56 consecutive victories on hard courts. Go ahead, scan that list again. All are records, some by large margins, surpassing the achievements of such greats of the game as Pete Sampras, Bjorn Borg, Rod Laver, John McEnroe. All were achieved during a ...  

... obituary on Nadal's brief yet illustrious career, perhaps it's best to remember this: Nadal has accomplished what Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg and Andre Agassi couldn't do. That is, win a Grand Slam event ...