JOHN MCENROE was a guest on The "Late Show" with DAVID
LETTERMAN last night. McEnroe, on how tennis has changed
since his playing days: "I think people could relate to me
and say, CONNORS, NASTASE, GONZALEZ in the sixties, more
because we showed our emotions. They could see that it's a
very difficult game. We'd get pissed off -- I hope you can
say that on CBS..." Letterman: "Oh, yeah. CBS is the only
place you can say that, by the way. See, nobody's
watching." McEnroe: "Well, no one's watching tennis either.
So we're all right there. But as time went on and the money
got so much more it seems like the players became less
personalities, more robotic and more boring. And frankly,
something needs to be done or we should put some long pants
on these guys again." Letterman: "You do a great job on the
tennis commentary. It's nice to have somebody with brains
shooting their mouth off." McEnroe: "The fact that I was
out there, hopefully people will respect the fact that I may
possibly know what's going on. Not like these bozos that
come out there and pretend like they know what's going on.
I'm not going to mention names because I have to work with
these people." McEnroe, on JIMMY CONNORS: "He sort of
reminds me of [JAY] LENO, you know? You gotta respect him,
but to hell with him. He's a jerk." Letterman: "I didn't
know Leno played." Letterman showed some video from
Sunday's McEnroe-Connors "Challenge" match and asked McEnroe
what the Senior Tour was called. McEnroe: "It's the Nuveen
Tour. And anyone else that's willing to do it, we're more
than welcome to have more sponsors" ("Late Show," 6/23).
