McEnroe Tossed from Geezer Tennis Tournament

SPORTSbyBROOKS found this 8/15/2008 on backporch.fanhouse.com [flag]

For those of you who might not have been around in the 1980s, there were few things in professional sports more entertaining than a full-on John McEnroe tirade . Sure, the act didn't sit too well with the folks at Wimbledon , but the people running the ATP tour knew full well that McEnroe, along with fellow bad boy Jimmy Connors, were promotional gold. When Nike decided it was time to dive ... [link]

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McEnroe Tossed From Geriatric Tennis Tourney
Published 8/15/2008 by Will Brinson at SPORTSbyBROOKS
The rollercoaster that has been John McEnroe’s emotions over his tennis career is volatile to say the least. He’s certainly best known for his temper tantrums, but I feel like recently, his announcing has kind of changed the general perception of his behavior/attitude. Johnny Mac If that’s true, it probably won’t be that way for long, though. Eric McErlain at FANHOUSE nets the news that Johnny Mac is back to his old tricks, having just gotten tossed out of the Hall of Fame Champions Cup, which essentially amounts to a senior citizens’ tennis tournament. Jack. Pot. Here’s the ...

John McEnroe Ejected From Hall of Fame Champions Tennis Cup After Tirade
Published 8/15/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... Via Fanhouse, Tennis News reports that John McEnroe was tossed from the Hall of Fame Champions Cup in Newport, Rhode Island for a very McEnroe-like tirade at an official. Now, this is not FanIQ Classic, this is today's news. McEnroe, now 49, is still pissing vinegar. ...

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Bob Larson's Tennis News | Newport : Multiple Audible Obscenities, Unsportsmanlike Conduct and Abuse of Official Rulings Lead To McEnroe's Default

SPORTSbyBROOKS found this 8/15/2008 on www.tennisnews.com

NEWPORT, R.I., August 14 John McEnroe was defaulted in his opening round-robin match at the $150,000 Hall of Fame Champions Cup Thursday at the International Tennis Hall of Fame due to audible, unsportsmanlike conduct and abuse of official code ...

The Worst Tennis Tantrums of All Time

guruslash posted 8/18/2008 from www.open-tennis.com

Thought John McEnroe was the worst behaved tennis player? Think again, these are our top picks for the some of the worst tennis tantrums of all time, featuring a shocking video of Mikhail Youzhny when he decided to attack his tennis racquet with his head.

McEnroe tossed for tirade at over-30 tourney
Just like old times for John McEnroe. Volatile as ever, McEnroe got tossed from his opening match at the over-30s Hall of Fame Champions Cup on Thursday for a new kind of triple fault: Cursing, arguing with the chair umpire and making an obscene ...

McEnroe tossed from Rhode Island tourney (AP)
Just like old times for John McEnroe. Volatile as ever, McEnroe got tossed from his opening-round match at the Hall of Fame Champions Cup on Thursday for a new kind of triple fault: cursing, arguing with the chair umpire and making an obscene gesture ...

Briefs | Tennis: John McEnroe gets tossed from match after tantrum
Tennis McEnroe curses, argues with umpire and makes obscene gesture: Volatile as ever, John McEnroe got tossed from his opening-round match...

McEnroe calmer on second day of Hall fo Fame Cup
A day after a vintage obscene tirade, John McEnroe was on his best behavior in his second match in the Hall of Fame Champions Cup. The 49-year-old McEnroe beat Karel Novacek 6-3, 6-1 on Friday to improve to 1-1 in round-robin play in the grass-court ...

Cash, Courier in Champions Cup final (AP)
Pat Cash and Jim Courier won round-robin matches Saturday to advance to the Hall of Fame Champions Cup final. Playing on the historic grass courts at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino, Cash beat John McEnroe 6-7 (0), 6-2, ...