John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg were the poster boys of an exciting new era of eighties tennis, and the nation was enchanted. Woman: Tennis became a soap opera. The fun had arrived.

Bjorn Borg, let's face it, is the strangest phenomenon tennis has produced in its long history. ... Just do it, as the Nike posters say -- and Borg tried. Sports Illustrated, May 6, 1991: ...

I recognize that, at 34, I’m too young to start complaining about the good old days. Besides, my generation grew up listening to Kansas, watching “Starsky and Hutch” and wearing w… ...