Episodes
Wednesday Apr 27, 2016
Episode 151: You Can't Do That on Television
Wednesday Apr 27, 2016
Wednesday Apr 27, 2016
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
Episode 150: Southern Fried Tennis
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
It's our sesquicentennial! As Ben and Courtney commemorate 150 episodes (well, actually this is our 181st, but you know we're not much for counting correctly), they first take you on a trip to the south of France, where NCR's France correspondant Carole Bouchard wraps up the Monte Carlo Masters, where Nadal won on clay and it was somehow a surprise. Then, after a detour through Fed Cup, we pivot to the south of the United States, and soak in the sounds of the Volvo Car Open in Charleston, one of our favorite stops on tour with some of our favorite people. You'll hear from four of them: volunteer extraordinaire Lynn Coursey ("She's here!"), Diane Elayne Dees and Daniel Ward of Women Who Serve, and tournament manager Eleanor Adams. Then Courtney and Ben meditate (or something) on their relative experiences with the sports worlds of Portland and Philadelphia.
Monday Apr 18, 2016
Episode 149b: Tax Day! With Kelsey Anderson
Monday Apr 18, 2016
Monday Apr 18, 2016
Today is Tax Day in the United States, and so we thought we'd take a dive into the fun and splashy topic of taxes! Joining Ben to talk about finances and bookkeeping in tennis is Kelsey Anderson, the wife of top ATP player Kevin Anderson, who herself is a certified public accountant (though even she outsources some of the more complex tax stuff to an expert in tennis taxes). Tax laws that affect scheduling in the U.K., tax havens like Monte Carlo, it's all here.
Wednesday Apr 13, 2016
Episode 149a: 69-year-old Gail Falkenberg, "The Legend"
Wednesday Apr 13, 2016
Wednesday Apr 13, 2016
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Wednesday Apr 06, 2016
Episode 149: Doubly Dominant Dominos
Wednesday Apr 06, 2016
Wednesday Apr 06, 2016
With one-quarter of this year behind us, Ben and Courtney assess the 2016 season so far, where surprises on the women's side are met with complete predictability for the men. Is the shakeup atop the women's game--including Victoria Azarenka's "Sunshine Double"--more a product of the field improving or Serena Williams slipping? And who, if anyone, can be considered a clay court favorite?
On the men's side, has Novak Djokovic reached the UConn women's basketball level of domination where you have to score him high on style points in order for him to be watchable? We then unintentionally wade into uncharacteristically molten hot take territory, discussing who was/is better at their career peak: Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic?