From his lofty BBC and ESPN perches at Wimbledon, John McEnroe is agitating people\u2026 again.<\/p>\n
In particular, he has irked Sally Jenkins from The Washington Post who has accused him of \u201cbelching up words\u201d in a diatribe column <\/a>dedicated to removing him from TV.<\/p>\n This, however, only goes to prove that McEnroe can still move the needle. As he should. It is the McEnroe way. Dare I say, it\u2019s the American way \u2013 brash, loud, and a bit erroneously confident.<\/p>\n Sure, McEnroe mispronounced names this tournament, notably calling Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, \u201cFuskovitz,\u201d or \u201cFuksovitz,\u201d in a third round loss to American Ben Shelton. He didn\u2019t fare much better with 26th ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas in this year\u2019s Australian Open. One should know better, particularly with players who are of some stature on the ATP tour. <\/p>\n But, gaffes happen on live television. McEnroe isn\u2019t paid the big bucks to give us Rosetta Stone lessons. Much like his once tireless presence on the court, he fearlessly attacks issues others shy away from \u2013 like telling 38-year-old Fabio Fognini to retire following the Italian\u2019s five-set loss to Carlos Alcaraz. Name another announcer brave enough to go there.<\/p>\n