Kimberly Woodard On The Return Of Serena Williams, Tennis Fandom, And Tennys Sandgren

02/12/18 • 29 min

Kimberly Woodard, a longtime tennis fan, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about the return of Serena Williams after more than a year away from tennis, how tennis fandom has gotten better, and what she'd ask Tennys Sandgren. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Kimberly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeingKimmie

Her favorite tennis magazine: https://racquetmag.com/

Her favorite tennis magazine: https://racquetmag.com/

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Ben Rothenberg On Exposing The Darko Grncarov Myth

Tennis freelance writer Ben Rothenberg, Thirty Love's first-ever guest, rejoins host Carl Bialik to discuss the story behind Rothenberg's investigation into Darko Grncarov, the socially progressive professional tennis player who everyone loved until he turned out not to be a professional tennis player.

Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere.

Rothenberg's article on Grncarov: https://slate.com/culture/2018/02/how-darko-grncarov-tricked-serena-williams-and-the-bbc.html

Rothenberg on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg

Rothenberg's 2014 article on Neil Harman: http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports/2014/07/neil_harman_plagiarism_the_all_england_club_discovered_journalistic_malfeasance.html

Carl's 2017 article featuring video of his match against Ben: http://www.tennisabstract.com/blog/2017/04/07/little-data-big-potential/