"All Things TV"---Still John McEnroe, after all these years

I saw some of John McEnroe in myself as a youngster, and that wasn't all good.

As a kid growing up on Long Island, like McEnroe, I enjoyed playing tennis.

Although McEnroe went on to become one of the sport's all-time greats, I didn't though we had one very similar quality on the court:

We were both jerks who ruined the experience for ourselves and others around us.

Although I rarely pick up a racket anymore, I do see the err in my ways and don't think I would behave like that again.

I am not perfect, by any stretch of the imagination, but I think I have matured a bit.

That makes one of us ...

McEnroe, now playing on a senior tennis tour currently airing on Comcast Sports networks, is still playing and still acting like a horse's backside to put it nicely.

Although the matches have little value or consequence and are attended by sparse crowds, Johnny Mac is still Johnny Mac and it's as unpleasant a sight as ever.

See Johnny Mac miss a shot, see him berate an official or act otherwise foolishly by yelling, screaming or mistreating his equipment.

See Johnny Mac still get rewarded with plum tennis analyst assignments on CBS though and one realizes he has never really faced consequences for his poor behavior.

I once asked him to defend his on-court behavior on a conference call and he responded in his usual bully-ish ways and rejected my question.

That's fine, because I'm NO John McEnroe ... and in some ways, thank goodness for that!

Thanks for reading and tty Wed.