John McEnroe
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- McEnroe, John
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- McEnroe, John Patrick
- Geburtstag
- 1959-02-16
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Wiesbaden, Germany
- Wohnorte
- New York, New York, USA
- Ausbildung
- Stanford University
- Berufe
- tennis player
sports broadcaster - Beziehungen
- O'Neal, Tatum (wife|divorced)
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame (2005)
International Tennis Hall of Fame (Inductee ∙ 1999)
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- 3
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- 516
- Beliebtheit
- #48,120
- Bewertung
- 3.6
- Rezensionen
- 9
- ISBNs
- 27
- Sprachen
- 1
Love him or hate him, McEnroe is honest and will tell you exactly what he thinks. I really enjoyed his 2002 memoir and while I was too young to appreciate his tennis career, I've enjoyed him (especially alongside brother Patrick) as a sports commentator. Basically this book follows his interests, whether it be art, renewed rivalries on the seniors tour, commentating the big matches, dealing with his kids' struggles being the child of someone famous, or his passion for passing on tennis to a new generation in a loosely chronological way. He opens the book with an introduction and a section written by his wife, Patty Smyth, to "set the record straight" on how they met, fell in love and married. He warns you there will be name dropping, and there is, but mostly it's just a fascinating look at the world of a world class athlete. I spent some fun hours entering it, and would recommend it to any tennis fan.… (mehr)