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In this unforgettable episode, we sit down with Desi Arnaz Jr. — actor, musician, and the son of television icons Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz

From growing up on the set of I Love Lucy to performing with the hit 1960s band Dino, Desi & Billy, Desi shares personal stories, reflections on fame, and insights into his family’s enduring legacy in entertainment.

But there’s more to Desi than Hollywood history. We also talk about his lifelong passion for tennis, how the s...

Jimmy and Brett have recovered from their trip to New York and are back with a new episode of Advantage Connors.

It's been a while since we had a chance to answer some of our favorite listener questions, so let's get to it!

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Jimmy and Brett are joined once again by friend and tennis connoisseur Spencer Segura to break down all things US Open after attending the final weekend.

Carlos Alcaraz has been amazing since Monte Carlo and continued his hot play in Flushing the past two weeks. He has now won 7 or the last 8 matches against Sinner and won his 6th major at just 22 years old.

Djokovic is still the third best player in the world, he just can't beat Sinner and Alcaraz.

Sabalenka was on a mission to win a slam after coming so...

Jimmy is back this week with Brett to break down all things US Open going into the last major of the year.

Can anyone beat Sinner and Alcaraz on the mens side or Sabalenka and Swiatek on the women's side?

Jimmy tells us what it was like playing is the hustle and bustle or New York City and how it can be a distraction for some while other thrive.

The new mixed doubles event was a success, will the other majors follow suite?

Tommy Fleetwood is again sitting at the top...

Brett gives us a Cincinnati update as they head into the final weekend in Ohio.

Sinner will play Alcaraz in the final for the 14th time in their young careers with Carlos leading the head 2 head 8-5.

Terence Atmane made his breakthrough this week making a run to the SF's, beating two top ten players along the way. Can the he use this as a springboard going forward in his career?

Swiatek and Rybakina have been playing some great tennis and play each other in the SF's in a popcorn matchup.

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Jimmy and Brett are joined by Advantage Connors favorite guest Spencer Segura to get caught up on all the tennis action this summer.

Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton make a deep run in Canada, can they keep it up through the US Open?

The ball and speed of court changes week to week, is this whats causing so many more injuries in today's players?

Sinner and Alcaraz have won the last 7 majors, proving that they are on another level from the rest of the tour.

We take a look at the...

Jimmy and Brett are back to discuss last weeks Washington results.

Alex de Minaur saved 3 championship points to capture his first title of the season in dramatic fashion.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina played great tennis all week beating two top ten players along the way to the final. But could not close the match out losing 3 championship points to the Australian. This isn't the first time this has happen to the Spaniard this year.

Sinner, Alcaraz, Djokovic, Draper and Sabalenka all decided to skip the Canadian Masters this week. This draws more attention to...

Jimmy and Brett break down the finals on a Wimbledon recap edition on the podcast.

Jannik sinner gets revenge for the heart breaking loss to Carlos Alcaraz at Roland Garros to capture his first Wimbledon title.

Iga Swiatek shut the doubters up who said she couldn't win on grass losing only 2 games in her final four sets of the tournament to win the championships for the first time.

Americans on both the men and women's side did well at Wimbledon, can they continue the hot play on the US hard courts?

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Jimmy and Brett discuss Carlos Alcaraz winning Queens and what that means for his confidence going into the Championships at SW19.

Sasha Bublik seems to have turned a new leaf the past few months and continued his good play in recapturing the Halle trophy, beating world number 1 Jannik Sinner along the way.

Wimbledon is around the corner, Jimmy discusses some memories from his time and previews some of the biggest storylines going into 2025.

Tommy Fleetwood came into the final round of the Travelers Championship with a lead looking for his first PGA title...

Jimmy and Brett break down some of the biggest tennis stories of the week on a new Advantage Connors podcast.

Tatjana Maria slices her way through 4 top 20 opponents to capture the biggest title of her career at Queens.

Ben Shelton made his top ten debut this week putting 3 American men in the top ten now. What do they have to do to contend at Wimbledon in a couple of weeks?

The USTA announced the teams that will be competing at the newly formatted mixed doubles event at this years US Open. With some...

Jimmy and Brett break down an exciting two weeks of tennis on the clay courts of Roland Garros.

Coco Gauff comes back from a set down to beat the #1 player in the world Aryna Sabalenka to capture the second major of her career.

Iga Swiatek has now not made a final of a tournament in over a year. What does she have to do to turn it around and get back on top where she was for so long?

Carlos Alcaraz comes back from two sets and a break down to beat his...

Jimmy and Brett discuss Novak Djokovic winning his 100th title in his amazing career.

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Friend of the podcast Spencer Segura is back to check in on the tennis world with Jimmy and Brett. They discuss the latest results from Rome and preview Sinner vs Alcaraz final.

They take a look back at the first half of the season plus check out the latest odds to win Roland Garros next month. Then they answer some of your questions, all on a brand new episode of the Advantage Connors podcast!

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Jimmy and Brett check in on the latest Masters 1000 in Madrid with Carlos Alcaraz having to pull out with an injury.

Sasha Zverev bounced back after a not so great couple months with a big win in Munich beating American Ben Shelton in the finals.

Holger Rune showed what he's capable of by winning Barcelona and beating fellow young gun Alcaraz in the finals in straight sets.

Brett's favorite, Jelena Ostapenko cruised through the draw in Stuttgart beating the world #1 & #2 along the way. The former Roland Garros champ was an underdog in all 5...

Jimmy's back to discuss Carlos Alcaraz winning Monte Carlo for the first time.

Alex de Minaur not normally known for his clay court results has been playing some amazing tennis so far this season. Making the SF's in Monte Carlo and now already in the QF's of Barcelona with a big match up against Carlos.

Jessica Pegula has been on fire this year already winning 2 titles and making the finals of Miami. She is now the top ranked American woman at #3 in the live rankings.

Rory McIlroy finally wins his long sought after...

With Jimmy out of town, Brett guides us through the Monte Carlo draws as we look forward to the QF's tomorrow.

Tsitsipas looking for his 4th title in Monte Carlo, what is it that makes him play so well there every year?

Carlos Alcaraz wins his first matches at the event and looks great heading into his match up with the French man Arthur Fils. Fils the only player to make QF's at all 3 masters 1000's this season.

Djoker loses again to Alejandro Tabilo, which makes us ask what is the 24 time major...

Jimmy and Brett recap an exciting Masters 1000 in Miami with 19 year old Jakub Mensik getting his first title against his idol Novak Djokovic. Aryna Sabalenka continues to prove she's the best player in the world on the women's side with a dominating performance on the hard courts of South Beach.

2 time major winner Marat Safin is coming back to tennis to coach fellow Russian Andrey Rublev.

Min Woo Lee picks up his first PGA tour victory edging out world #1 Scottie Scheffler by one shot.

Legendary boxer and grill salesman George Foreman passed away...

Jimmy and Brett check in on Indian Wells as they head into the final weekend.

Can Carlos win 3 in a row? What's motivating Novak Djokovic to continue playing considering he holds most of the sports records? Who will come out on the ladies side? Medvedev and Rune make deep runs helping to help turn their season around.

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Jannik Sinner received a 90 day suspension from WADA for his ongoing doping situation from 2024. The world #1 is eligible to come back in time for his home Masters 1000 in Rome and won't miss a major.

The young Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca broke though last week winning his first tournament on the ATP in Buenos Aires. This is just the beginning of what could be a long successful career on tour.

23 year old American Amanda Anisimova won Doha last week in convincing fashion, beating Jelena Ostapenko in the final. She will...

Carlos Alcaraz takes home the Rotterdam trophy capturing his first indoor title and 17th overall defeating Alex di Minaur in 3 sets.

Denis Shapovalov beats 3 top ten players on his way to capturing the biggest title of his career indoors in Dallas.

New mother Belinda Bencic is back only 10 months after having her daughter Bella winning Abu Dhabi beating American Ashlyn Krueger in 3 sets.

Eagles crush the Chiefs in the super bowl, getting revenge from 2 seasons ago.

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Jimmy and Brett are back to recap an exciting two weeks down under at the 2025 Australian Open.

Sinner continues to dominate the mens tour picking up his 3rd major in the last 12 months and backing up his AO victory in 2024. The Italian didn't drop a set from the QF's on and didn't face a break pt in the final against Zverev.

American Madison Keys breaks through to win her first major, defeating the best players on tour to do so.

Sasha Zverev has been...

We check in on the Australian Open on the latest episode of the Advantage Connors Podcast.

Medvedev, Rublev, and Tsitsipas all went out in the first week of the AO. With the emergence of so many good young players are the opportunities in slams running out?

Jack Draper went 5 sets in his first 3 rounds down under, will he have anything left for his match with Carlos Alcaraz? What experience can he take from gutting out so many long grueling matches?

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Kicking off season 6 with a bang as we head down under to preview the 2025 Australian Open. We look at the odds for the favorites to win on both the men's and women's side.

Naomi Osaka was forced to retire up a set in the finals of Auckland on Sunday, but Jimmy is optimistic about her comeback to the game. Can she return to her major winning ways in 2025?

Coco Gauff defeated Iga Swiatek and helped propel team USA to a win at the United Cup last week. That's 2 wins...

Back with part 2 of our conversation with Spencer Segura talking some old school tennis and what's ahead for 2025. This is the last episode of 2024 for Advantage Connors but we will be back next month to kick off season 6.

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Our friend and frequent guest Spencer Segura joins Advantage Connors for the year end episode of the show. Spencer and Jimmy talk about some old school stories from their days at UCLA and what it was like having a parent as a tennis coach. Then some of the big stories from the 2024 season and an early look at the Australian Open betting odds to win. The guys had so much fun chatting that it will be broken up into two episodes with part two dropping on December 30th.

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We check in on Jimmy's foot, Scheffler wins again and answer some listener questions on a brand new episode of the Advantage Connors podcast.

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Jimmy and Brett are back after a break to talk the Thanksgiving holiday with the family.

There was a golf cart incident at the club

Insurance salesman gunned down on the streets on New York

Del Potro says goodbye at his event in Argentina with the help of friend Novak Djokovic

Andy Murray to coach Djokovic in 2025

Should players get paid to play the Ryder Cup/Davis Cup?

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With Iron Mike Tyson set to fight Youtuber Jake Paul this week we decided to throw it back to our conversation with the former heavyweight champ back in 2020.

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Alexander Zverev took home his second Masters 1000 title of the year in Paris last week and moved into the #2 ATP ranking as a result.

Carlos Alcaraz didn't like the fast court speed in Paris, Jimmy talks about how playing on faster courts makes you have to change your tactics.

Dodgers win the World Series beating the New York Yankees in 5 games and bring the trophy back to LA.

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Dominic Thiem played his last ATP level match this week in Vienna, Brett and Jimmy discuss his impact on the game the past ten years.

Off court coaching is here to stay, much to the dismay of Jimmy who believes tennis is a one on one sport where the players should figure it out for themselves out there.

Plus they answer your listener questions on a brand new episode of the Advantage Connors podcast!

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Jimmy and Brett are back after a few weeks off to check in on the tennis world.

Rafael Nadal announced that he will be retiring after he competes in the Davis Cup competition in November.

Jannik Sinner won the Shanghai Masters 1000 last week giving him 7 titles on the year including the two hard court majors. He still has the WADA investigation hovering over all that he has accomplished this season.

Then they answer some listener questions and pay tribute to friend of the pod...

We are throwing it back to one of our classic episodes with golf legend Gary Player who joined us back in 2020. Enjoy!

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Jimmy and Brett recap an exciting couple of week in Flushing Meadows with Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka taking home the titles.

Americans showed up on both the men's and women's side with Pegula, Navarro, Tiafoe and Fritz making it to the SF's.

Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro caused a discussion online about how being daughters of billionaire's makes for an unfair advantage in the game of tennis. Jimmy disagrees.

Is the tennis season too long? We answer this plus more on our US Open...

Brett checks in from his Queens hotel room to talk all things US Open with Jimmy who's back in Santa Barbara golfing.

Alcaraz and Djokovic are both upset within 24 hours of each other opening up the draw for a new US Open champion on the men's side.

Jannik Sinner has had to deal with the talk surrounding his recent doping case, can he block out the talk and win a second major this year?

Daniil Medvedev is the only remaining player with a US...

Advantage Connors welcomes one of the hottest players on the WTA tour to the pod, Danielle Collins. The Miami and Charleston Open champ sits down for an open and honest conversation about her life and career. We discuss her decision to make 2024 her last season on tour, and ask her what she likes to do off court in her free time. The world #11 talks about her goals for the rest of the year, and how she feels about those social media keyboard warriors who always have so much to say. We get into a lot of great topics with...

When we started this podcast we made a short list of people they wanted to try and have as guests on the show. At the top of that list was this weeks guest, the hit king himself Pete Rose joins Advantage Connors! Compared to each other throughout their respective careers, Jimmy and Pete connect on many levels and actually have a lot in common.

Both had a parent who helped teach them the game, both had that never quit mentality, and both were second to none when it came to discipline and work ethic...

Brett's back from working the Olympics and recaps Novak Djokovic finally winning the gold medal in an epic battle with Carlos Alcaraz.

Scottie Scheffler does it again coming from behind on Sunday shooting 9 under pa to capture the gold for the USA.

Jimmy talks all the fun sports that normally don't get a lot of attention, being highlighted during the Paris Olympic games.

Jimmy and Brett pay tribute to legendary golfer Chi Chi Rodriguez who passed away at 88 this week at his home in Florida.

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Brett checks in from his Stamford Connecticut hotel room where he is for the next couple weeks producing Olympic tennis for NBC. He and Jimmy preview the upcoming games and look at the futures odds to win on both the mens and women's side. Iga vs the field, Murray and Nadal's last go round, can Djoker win his elusive gold medal, will Alcaraz stay hot, can Coco beat Iga?

On last week's show Jimmy picked Xander Schauffele as one of his picks going into The Open at Royal Troon. After a final round 65, Schauffele...

Jimmy and Brett are back after spending the week together playing golf and tennis in Santa Barbara.

Carlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic in 3 sets to repeat as Wimbledon champion and capture his 4th major overall.

Barbora Krejcikova surprised many as a 100-1 underdog defeating Jasmin Paolini in 3 sets to win her second major.

Robert MacIntyre sank a 22 foot put on the last hole to defeat Adam Scott by one shot, and is the first Scot to win his national tournament in 25 years.

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Jimmy and Brett preview this years Wimbledon championships and take a look at the odds going into the fortnight at SW 19.

Jimmy answers some of your Wimby questions, including if the grass court season should be longer.

Then longtime friend of Advantage Connors, Sam Bayne joins the show to discuss his friendship with Jimmy which started back in the early 90's and Team Tennis. Sam was Jeanie Buss's right hand man for 6 years working alongside the current Lakers President early in their career's at the Forum. Sam eventually found his way into the real estate...