By Chris Oddo | Thursday September 8, 2016
In today’s Tennis Now Tennis Podcast sponsored by Tennis Express, we are joined by USA Today's Nick McCarvel to chat all things Serena. We ask the question: Is Serena Williams the greatest athlete of all-time? And, as the conversation meanders, we wonder: What even is greatness in an athlete? Naturally we’re responding and playing off of Nike’s ubiquitous advertisement, which strikes out the word female in the statement, and dubs the 22-time major champion simply the greatest athlete of all-time. No gender necessary.
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That would be the below advert, for the uninitiated:
Scan ahead to 3:22 to hear the thoughts of USA Today’s Nick McCarvel. He gives his take on Serena’s legacy and offers up his own definition of greatness. Plus he shares his thoughts Nike’s advertisement and discusses Serena’s form thus far at the U.S. Open.