Ben and Courtney are delighted to see their ersatz odometer click over to 200 with their dear friend Mary Carillo at the Australian Open (the 200th Grand Slam of the Open Era, no less!). She's our kind of people.
Mary, in Melbourne for Tennis Channel, is also in the midst of reporting for HBO's Real Sports about the controversy surrounding the Australian Open's Margaret Court Arena, which has faced calls for a name change or boycott as its namesake, the Grand Slam champ-turned-pastor Margaret Court has continued to escalate her crusade against gay and transgender people, including children.
We discuss many of the sides of this complex issue, the perspectives of Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King, as well as how BJK serve-and-volleyed Tennis Australia before the tournament began.
We end with Mary's enduring love for tennis, as well as her iconic moment regarding another racquet sport: badminton.
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Episode 238b: Top 10 Defining Female Players of the Decade
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Episode 237: Tennis Power Plays with Lindsay Gibbs
Episode 236c: Reviewing New Davis Cup (with Eleanor Crooks)
Episode 236b: Farewells and Fair Blocks
Episode 236a: Tsitsipas is King in England; WTAsia Wrap
Episode 235: Dude Tennis With Ricky Dimon
Episode 234: Tennis Politics with Vasek Pospisil
Episode 233: Bianca, Rafa Win a U.S. Open for the Millennium
Episode 232: U.S. Open 2019 Preview
Episode 231: On Stopping
Episode 230: Halep Takes the Wheel; Big 3 Roll
Episode 229: A Wimbledon Preview From Centre Court
Episode 228: Barty, Nadal Party in France
Episode 227: Draw Me Like One of Your French Opens, 2019
Episode 226: Nick Kyrgios
Episode 225: Quartermarks and Coups
Episode 224: The 10 Most Important Women in Tennis History
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