What Off-Season? Tennis and Pop Culture Mailbag

To round out our 9th season, we’re leaving you with one more bonus episode for the holidays. You sent us thoughtful questions and we answer them with probably more light-heartedness than usual. You challenged us to identify our guilty tennis pleasures, our take on the Simona-Patrick blame game, Steve Simon’s shift away from CEO, our favorite tennis era and would-be rivalries, and much more. Happy holidays and see you in 2024!   

4:15 Are you excited for next season?

8:30 Simona’s doping case: the shift toward blaming Patrick

15:10 Why do men … (I swear this isn’t going where you think)

19:40 FMK Reader submissions: this is the mildly problematic part

26:50 Back to tennis: what happens first …?

29:40 How have you kept your interest in tennis alive? Favorite era?

41:40 TV shows that have disappointed / Favorite movies of the year

51:25 What does the WTA’s leadership shakeup mean?  

55:45 Best player to win only one Slam + a rivalry that could/should have been 

66:35 The Riverdale to Academy Award pipeline

71:35 Guilty pleasure player?

78:20 Favorite concerts and who we’d love to see next year