John McEnroe on narrating ‘Never Have I Ever’ teen Netflix series: “I don’t know why it works”
Creator Mindy Kaling wanted the lead character to have a McEnroe-like inner voice. So why not hire McEnroe himself?
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2020 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells postponed due to confirmed case of coronavirus locally
The Indian Wells tennis tournament is postponed indefinitely, and was set for over 130 hours of television coverage in March.
ESPN ran a photo of the Japanese Davis Cup team with a story about the Chinese team
A photo of the Japanese Davis Cup team accompanied an AP story about the Chinese Davis Cup team on the ESPN app.
Netflix announces an upcoming documentary series on Naomi Osaka
This Garrett Bradley-directed series is on its way to Netflix.
Bushfires could have an impact on ESPN’s coverage of the Australian Open
If smoke forces matches indoors some of the tournament won't be on ESPN; meanwhile players are already questioning how effective that plan would be.
Awful Announcing podcast: ESPN’s Chris Fowler talks College GameDay, tennis, the College Football Playoff, and more
On this week’s Awful Announcing podcast, host Ben Heisler was joined by ESPN’s Chris Fowler to talk about...
Wimbledon Men’s Final umpire is fired after giving unauthorized interviews
Damian Steiner was found to be giving unauthorized interviews in Argentina.
Tennis Channel ratings for first week of French Open coverage are up 47 percent year over year
Tennis Channel appears to have around five million more subscribers now than it did at last year's French Open, which probably helped.
Justin Gimelstob resigns from ATP board, Tennis Channel after battery sentencing
"Justin has informed us that the leave of absence he began in November is ending with his resignation from Tennis Channel. We wish him well in this challenging time."
Broadcaster/ATP board member Justin Gimelstob pleads no contest to battery, gets community service and probation
Gimelstob took a leave of absence from Tennis Channel in November after he was arrested.
Tennis TV announcer turns match into impromptu ASMR broadcast while eating
Ever wanted a whole lot of eating sounds with your tennis? You're in luck!
Will Smith set to play Richard Williams in a film about training daughters Venus and Serena to tennis greatness
A spec script has been written, but it's very early in the filmmaking process.
ESPN has settled tennis announcer Doug Adler’s “guerrilla/gorilla” lawsuit, might even have him work for them again
ESPN parted ways with Adler in January 2017 after the "gorilla/guerrilla" controversy, and he sued them the following month. The sides have now settled that lawsuit.
Tennis Channel analyst Justin Gimelstob accused of multiple incidents of violence
Gimelstob will appear in court later this month in regards to an incident on October 31
This Week In Hot Takes: Dan Shaughnessy says Serena wasn’t mistreated because his niece said so, Herald Sun runs racist cartoon
The hottest takes from Sept. 7-13 included several on Serena Williams.
