Sampras to USTA: ‘Show Me the Money’

Pete Says He'll Help, but Wants Bigger Financial Commitment; Hall of Famer Also Mends Fences with Agassi (Well, Sort Of)

SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Not long after Andre Agassi’s tell-all book “Open” hit the shelves, Pete Sampras began to hear whispers that his name was liberally tossed about throughout the best-selling autobiography.  And not always in a positive light.

Andre Agassi Interview, part 2

"MY FIGHT FOR PEACE": Agassi reflects on his drug use, lies, fears, dreams and fight for self in an exclusive IT interview.

Inside Tennis: Okay, let’s start with a fool’s question. If you could go back and change one thing…
Andre Agassi: I would have changed my environment so that it would have allowed me to have an education, which would have kept me from a lot of angst.  But I wouldn’t have had my wife, so that’s [...]

A-Rod: Agassi’s Story One of Vengeance, of Rising From ‘Ultimate Depths’

It’s the very reason why Jim Bouton was shunned by many of his fellow Major Leaguers when he penned the myth-shattering “Ball Four” in 1970.  The ex-Yankee had violated that long-standing unwritten locker room code: “What you see here, what you say here, what you do here, stays here.”
Whether they admit it or not, it’s [...]

Andre Agassi Interview, part 1

"MY FIGHT FOR PEACE": Agassi reflects on his drug use, lies, fears, dreams and fight for self in an exclusive IT interview.

INSIDE TENNIS: In your book Open there’s a special voice. You go inside, reveal a lot and let ‘er rip.
ANDRE AGASSI: Yeah, I just didn’t see an alternative. It’s not in my DNA.
IT: Everyone says, “Let’s face it — he just wrote it for the money.”
AA: I’m never going to minimize money, but what blows [...]

An Emissary From That Remote Corner of the Athletic Galaxy

Sanchez-Vicario’s Tax Woes…A Capless A-Rod?...Quotebook

WILLIAMS ON WILLIAMS: Comedian Robin Williams called First Lady Michelle Obama “a mix between Jackie Onassis and Serena Williams.”
TENNIS RETURNS TO ATLANTA?: After initially nixing the proposed sale of its Indianapolis designation to Atlanta (a move that both stunned USTA Southern officials and, according to sources, threatened continued support from U.S. Open Series presenting sponsor [...]

‘Nobody Beats Nikolay Davydenko 13 Times in a Row’

Serena's Swear-Box...Thanksgiving with the Agassis...Quotebook

IF HE’S PLAYSTATION, THEN WHO’S PONG?: Juan Martin Del Potro said Nikolay Davydenko — who handed him a 6-3, 6-4 loss at the ATP World Tour Finals — “plays like PlayStation.  He runs to everywhere.”  Added the Argentine, “He beat me in [a] good way.”  Is there such a thing?
SIGNATURE STATEMENT: Asked how many times [...]

Agassi Insists He Never Took Steroids, Criticizes Federer

In an exclusive hour-long interview with Inside Tennis, Andre Agassi reflected on his drug use, his lying and the intense response of Federer and others. A small excerpt.

Triumphantly Un-idiotic

30 Million Players Can't Be Wrong...Faux Mullets...Quotebook

THINGS ARE LOOKIN’ UP: According to the USTA and TIA, tennis participation in the U.S. eclipsed the 30-million-player mark for the first time in more than two decades.
WHY DON’T YOU MULLET OVER?: Of Andre Agassi’s confession that he sported a hairpiece, Sam Querrey said, “A fake mullet?  Wow.”
TRIUMPHANTLY UN-IDIOTIC: Alex Pugsley called Agassi “a pyromaniac [...]

Andre’s Plea for Compassion, Not Condemnation

Agassi Appears on '60 Minutes'

Andre Agassi’s long, double-segment interview for 60 Minutes produced the revelation that the star did crystal meth for most all of ‘97. Although he refused to say exactly how often he did meth, he conceded he did it “way too many” times, asserted that it was “a chemically induced re-connection to life” and that — [...]

Like an Atomic Bomb?

Drug Drama...Agassi 'Opens' Up...Quotebook

INSIDER EXPECTS AGASSI’S OPEN TO BE TOP SELLER: Paul Bogaards is expecting big things from Andre Agassi’s tell-all book, Open.  Bogaards, the Executive Director of Publicity for the book’s publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, which officially hits the shelves on Nov. 9, says the autobiography is unprecedented in the world of sports.  “I was stunned when [...]