The Craig Shapiro Tennis Podcast

The Fifth Grand Slam. The Golden Ticket. Podcast Host, Bon Vivant. Tennis insider

[The Craig Shapiro Tennis Podcast @shaptennispod]

A significant part of my tennis life came full circle this past weekend when, 28 years after I ran around with him on tour stringing his racquets, and 20 years after I directed a docu about him, The Golden Ticket brought AA to The Plaza Athenee for finals wknd. amazing wknd

[Bastien Fachan @BastienFachan]

Got to meet @AndreAgassi 💫

A player with such longevity that he spanned both my dad’s fandom and mine; one of six men in the Open Era to complete a Career Slam in singles; the author of my favorite autobiography of all time.

Thanks for making it happen, @shaptennispod.

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https://t.co/cwRVcn5lFU

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The best tennis journalist and cheerleader for the sport there ever was and there ever will be.

[Randy Walker @TennisPublisher]

Bud Collins would have been 97 years old today....

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@BenRothenberg Coco griping to the box is becoming the overwhelming norm

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@AnnemarieBatson @showfortennis i was there when he fired the racquet out of the stadium in phoenix. I like the kid but he seems like he's trying to get thrown out. so they should just throw him out.

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Man the great takeaway from all this amazing World Cup action is this- people wanna have a good time, eat some good food, have some drinks, sing some songs, make some friends, watch some great athletes competing at the highest level. Everything else is just extraneous noise.

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@Acleand10 And there’s no way I think Tony/Roger could have forced the date- I do know they insisted it be at The Hall of Fame, and that the HOF suggested a stadium.

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Gotta say the Federer induction in Newport RI -the evening before the first day of The US Open, is tennis dysfunction at the highest levels of incompetence.

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@Acleand10 I don’t know what’s wrong with everyone- they did it last year as well for that soft induction. Dumped the tournament, moved the induction literally to the fan week/media day, eve of Open. Brain dead stuff.

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@AnnemarieBatson was a win 🎯

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Something so cringe and undignified about Speed, Lalas interacting with these legends. Keeping it on Telemundo from here on out.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇧🇷 Former brazilian striker Ronaldo Nazário saw Speed’s body and told him to go take a blood test

Even the legend doesn’t believe that 6-pack is natural.

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meltdown city

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Appalling level of basketball here, Larry has gotta be talking to Magic,McHale, Coop, Scott, Parrish, etc, and just rolling his eyes

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God is Dead

[Joe Callaghan @JoeCallaghan84]

First time I’ve ever had a restricted view in a World Cup media tribune. Death, taxes and dreadful US press boxes. MetLife joins a long list (it was actually already on it).

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What’s the tennis equivalent of Alexi Lalas alongside Henry and Zlatan as the joke of the World Cup broadcast? Do we have that insane of an imposter on a Wimbledon or French desk??

[Press Gazette @pressgazette]

NYT-owned The Athletic, normally paywalled, says it is making its World Cup coverage free to read in its app until the day of the final on 19 July.

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😂

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@bgtennisnation worst coaching job up 29 in sports history

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@JakeDaviesMUFC Jovic a way better player huh

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@showfortennis Million flights. Get a one way ticket 🎫 and wing the whole thing.