Tennis and philosophy [Texte imprimé] : what the racket is all about / edited by David Baggett

Notes bibliogr.

Federer as religious experience / David Foster Wallace -- Why Roger Federer is the best: or is it McEnroe? / David Baggett -- Why are all tennis films bad? / Mark R. Huston -- Excuses, excuses: inside the mind of a complainer / Kevin Kinghorn -- Authoritarian tennis parents: are their children really any worse off? / Kevin Kinghorn -- "You cannot be serious!" The ethics of rage in tennis / David Detmer -- Love-love: a fresh start at finding value and virtue in tennis / Tommy Valentini -- A court conversation / Robert R. Clewis -- Stabbing Seles: fans and fair play / Mark W. Foreman -- The "Kournikova phenomenon" / Helen Ditouras -- Losing beautifully / Mark R. Huston -- Arthur Ashe: philosopher in motion / Jeanine Weekes Schroer -- The ridiculous meets the radical in the battle of the sexes / Maureen Linker -- Friendship, rivalry, and excellence / David Baggett and Neil Delaney Jr.