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 183: Shade in the Desert
Episode 182a: Maria Sharapova: The Ice Woman Cometh
Episode 182: Dipping Into Indian Wells
Episode 181: Gulf Claps with Reem Abulleil
Episode 180: Getting Turned Around
Episode 179: Making a Racquet
Episode 178: Waking From Australian Dreams
Episode 177f: Australian Open Day 10-12: Dream Finals
Episode 177e: Australian Open Day 8-9: Growing Old, Moving Up
Episode 177d: Australian Open Day 5-7: Zverevving Up for the Second Week
Episode 177c: Australian Open Day 4: Djokovic Derails
Episode 177b: Australian Open Day 3: On Losing, With Peter Polansky
Episode 177a: Australian Open Day 1-2: Petko and the Children
Episode 176: Australian Open Draw Show
Episode 175b: Still Remembering When
Episode 175a: Ana, Auckland, and Anamneses
Episode 174: Kvitova and Kicking Back With Questions #2
Episode 173: Kicking Back With Questions #1
Episode 172: Stuffed With Gratitude
Episode 171: Regime Change
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