A 60-Minute Cab Ride With the Tennis Legend Andre Agassi

A late afternoon in late summer. The middle row of a very large SUV headed into Manhattan.

The Midtown Tunnel traffic is backing up. This might be a slow roll back to the city from the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre, site of the U.S. Open.

That’s just the way you want it because you’re sitting next to one of the most restless, deepest-thinking tennis minds. An eight-time Grand Slam champion, who hasn’t had a lot of conversations like this in the past 14 years.

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Andre Agassi has mostly been hiding out in Las Vegas, a living, breathing tennis sphinx to all but a few.

You’ve got some questions. Where has he

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