Ben is joined by David Waldstein of The New York Times, who recently wrote about the disconnect between the US Open and its neighbors, the Latino communities of Corona and other neighborhoods like Elmhurst and Flushing.
Why is the US Open so walled off from these communities? What could be done to make them more connected and invested in one another? And what is lost by hundreds of thousands of people passing over these neighborhoods in "flyover" fashion as the tournament teleports its people from Midtown Manhattan to the island of the USTABJKNTC?
Episode 206: Draw Me Like One of Your French Opens, 2018
Episode 205: Rekindling Our Fuego
Episode 204: Osaka and Delpo Feel Their Moment
Episode 203: Fights and Fakes in February
Episode 202: Bouchard vs U.S.T.A. - Genie Wins Round 1
Episode 201: Australian Open Wrap
Episode 200: Mary Carillo
Episode 199d: 2018 Australian Open Preview
Episode 199c: Keep the Dream Alive
Episode 199b: ATP Rundown (with Ricky Dimon)
Episode 199a: The Rises and Falls of Fall
Episode 199: Laver Cup (With Reem Abulleil)
Episode 198b: U.S. Open - Rafa, Sloane, Battle of the Sexes, Unstoppable
Episode 198a: U.S. Open Day 1 - Sharapova Beats Halep
Episode 197: U.S. Open Preview!
Episode 196: Paul Annacone and Giri Nathan
Episode 195: Burning Topics With Lindsay Gibbs
Episode 194: Wimbledon a Wimbledud?
Episode 193: Wimbledon Manic Impressions
Episode 192: Wimbledon 2017 Preview (From Centre Court!)
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