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marmar

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10. John McEnroe is one of the few ESPN tennis mouths I really like.....
Mon Jul 9, 2012, 08:59 AM
Jul 2012

...... Patrick (let me mention Andy Roddick somehow) McEnroe is sometimes tolerable; I like Chris Evert for the most part but she can be nitpicky and strident sometimes; Mike Tirico is fine as the studio host; Chris Fowler is pompous and states the obvious; If Brad Gilbert and Pam Shriver got trapped in the London Eye forever, I wouldn't shed a tear; nothing remarkably good or bad about Mary Jo; and Darren Cahill is fine, except that I think he feels that because he's on an American network, he feels obligated to kiss the American players' butts and not criticize them like he really should be doing.
John McEnroe is the only person who I feel is being completely honest and not pandering most of the time. For example, after Roddick's loss, Brad Gilbert said that Andy needs to go back to being aggressive and unleashing the forehand to compete with the top players, and John McEnroe quickly interjected with, "I don't know that he can do that anymore." Refreshing honesty.

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