The Nothing Major boys welcome former World No. 4 and fellow American, James Blake!
James dishes on his best pranks at the expense of our hosts, his time as John Isner’s landlord, and reveals who was the most challenging to deal with as a Tournament Director. Plus, he shares the one point he’d replay from his entire career if given the chance.
With the tennis season wrapping up, Sam, Stevie, John, and Jack review the ATP Tour award nominees and cast their votes. We wrap the episode with Part 2 of the Vegas Party Crew draft, where the boys debate the absolute worst tennis players to bring on a Vegas trip.
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00:00 Trailer
00:36 The Most Overrated Food
03:47 Our Bold ATP Awards Picks
04:28 Comeback Player of the Year
07:08 The “John Isner” Most Improved Player
11:42 Newcomer of the Year
13:46 Sportsmanship Award
15:52 Coach of the Year—and Our Wildcard Pick!
19:00 Fan Favorite
20:26 Federer’s Reign and Djokovic’s Missing Trophy
23:30 The Most Viral Category
23:32 Special Guest: James Blake Joins the Pod
26:15 Life as John Isner’s Landlord
28:29 Sharing Classic Pranks
31:40 The (Hilarious) Failed Modeling Career
34:18 Bald is Bold: The “Cul-de-Sac” Strategy
35:30 The Toughest Opponents on Tour
37:14 The One Match We’d Do Anything to Replay
38:50 Biggest pain in the a** at the Miami Open
40:36 Picking the Best Doubles Partner
41:44 The Unexpected Wild Card request
42:33 Best Travel Mates
43:29 US Tennis in 2025
44:28 Sam Vegas’ Draft Picks: Ace or Bomb?
45:49 Vegas Draft Part 2: Unwanted version
53:49 Outro and Random Player of the Week
20 Comments
Poor Stevie! lol
Jack and Isner easily had the best “worst” lists 😂
I'd love to see Jack and Nick together for the Miami Open.
Equating gambling to being fun is wild haha. No wonder so many athletes go broke, sometimes good to be frugal. Love the podcast, you guys are awesome.
Americans talking about good food is funny. You can clearly see why the USA is not known for its cuisine!
Fabrice Santoro totally schooled James, and I knew he'd lose to Agassi at the US Open the second he started staring into the heavens. He was done, content….I'm still bummed about the loss.
50:28 " we will lose Schwartzman in Vegas".
This must be the worst "joke" ever .
Great ep!
Great podcast! You dudes crack me up 😂👏👍🫡
I agree with Sam about bacon
Have binge-watched and listened to all the podcasts. Great job guys. Very funny, honest and real. Way better than Served podcast imo. Keep up the great work!
You guys are sooooo funny! lol. Loved the Auntie bit, ha ha. That's how we speak in South Africa sometimes.
Sam’s not to of vegas with list was better then his going to vegas list 😂
Blake was an unbelievable player to, so much power on the forehand
Smacked Nadal a few times to when Nadal was top 2 in the world
Another good showing! Question: do most Americans say, min-YON, as opposed to (the correct) min-YOH?!
In my opinion, it feels like a very US-centric podcast
Steves computer is always moving so annoying
That was one funny podcast. The best one thus far.
At Johnson's house: "who goes at supermarket? Nishikori!". "You want to invite someone for Christmas party? Of sure, Nishikori.."
John seems like a chill guy. He sent me a video from a tennis convention. Great episode as usual. 👌