Let's Get In Formation

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02/20/16 • 85 min

3:00 Venus, Ambassador to Asia
11:30 New residents of the Top 10: Bencic & Vinci
17:00 Dubai carnage. What top 10?
21:15 Good news! The Delpo and Barty comebacks
28:00 Mega Thiem
32:30 Justin Gimelstob's appearance on Beyond the Baseline podcast - why???
38:45 Gimelstob addresses his bad behavior
45:00 OK, ladies now let's get in formation
53:00 Why Formation is not for white people (and why they're mad about it)
59:30 Super Bowl halftime show: the art of upstaging
1:05:30 The Rant: The Grammys and Taylor Swift, demon
1:11:30 What creative heights must black artists reach in order to be recognized?
1:18:00 Cam Newton, the Williams sisters, and expectations of black athletes
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Melbourne crowns a new women's major champion and cements Djokovic's dominance over all opponents, while we debut a (hopefully) long-running segment called The Rant.

3:00 Are there any emerging storylines in the men's game?7:30 Odds and ends in the women's game: Konta, Zhang, and Venus returning to IW12:00 Serena def. Maria #19, Serena def. Radwanska17:45 Women's final31:45 Being happy for Kerber; Serena giving praise where it's due36:00 Djokovic-Simon39:00 A sidebar on Rafa in light of Novak's dominance of every top player42:30 Is Novak becoming more beloved? Or at least more respected?47:00 Spare a thought for Andy Murray49:30 Melbourne commercial52:30 Stuff we saw on Twitter: 1) Sharapova fans out in force55:00 2) Superfans taking journalists to task for 'negativity'58:00 New segment: The Rant! Tennis is not only men's tennis
This Week In Tennis: Kerber and Djokovic Score Australian Open Titles Melbourne commercial Serena-Maria rivalry set to Adele's "Hello"

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14:45 Appreciating Michael Chang
17:30 Big news: a listener happened upon Serena Williams at the gym while listening to The Body Serve!
19:00 New segment: #WheelAndComeAgain - Rafa, Simona, Petra
26:30 #BigUp to Sloane Stephens, now a 3-time WTA champion
30:45 Dominic Thiem: All I Do Is Win
36:00 Marcos Baghdatis, finalist in Dubai
38:30 Stanley's 9-match win streak in finals
42:00 Carla Suarez Navarro wins Doha, destroys ARad in the process
47:30 Verdasco's #thirsttrap
48:30 #SeeWhatHadHappenedWas: Novak's eye problems

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