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Sep 10, 2024 1 hr 18 min

Andre Agassi: meth, mullets and a very mental dad

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**With returning guest Josh Berry.** Not many athletes can win sport’s biggest prizes while in the grips of a crystal meth addiction or weighed down by a comedy wig. But Andre Agassi isn’t most athletes. The American hothead hated tennis, munched amphetamines aged 10 and terrorized the cast of Friends. And he still won 8 grand slams. This is his story… Links from the pod: The pirate era: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fd933bkocp3g71.jpg Brooke Shields Friends scene: https://youtu.be/hwkRDVQI7l8?si=9hc29U1LLita2aIR&t=53 Things get ugly with Sampras at charity match: https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/wqkaai/things_get_ugly_between_two_legends_at_charity/

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