{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"325: Pro Tennis' Polychromatic 1970s - With Joel Drucker","description":" Veteran Tennis.com writer, Racquet Magazine columnist &amp;amp; &quot;Three - A Tennis Show&quot; podcast host Joel Drucker (&quot;Jimmy Connors Saved My Life&quot;) stops by to drop some serious knowledge on how the decade of the 1970s transformed the sport of professional tennis into the global juggernaut it is today - including pivotal turning points such as:  The groundbreaking World Championship Tennis (WCT) and Virginia Slims Circuit tours that brought standardized scheduling, big-time media exposure and unprecedented prize money to both the men's and women's pro games for the first time' 1973's paradigm-shifting intergender &quot;Battle of the Sexes&quot; competition between inveterate hustler Bobby Riggs and female icon Billie Jean King - an international spectacle whose result both transcended tennis and changed the face of American sports; and World Team Tennis - the innovative, ahead-of-its-time rethink of how the pro game could be played - featuring city-domiciled, co-ed, team-oriented match play on colorful playing surfaces in front of raucous crowds in major indoor arenas from coast to coast.  + + +  SPONSOR THANKS:     417 Helmets (promo code: GOODSEATS):  https:\/\/417helmets.com\/?wpam_id=3   BUY\/READ EARLY &amp;amp; OFTEN:&amp;nbsp;    Jimmy Connors Saved My Life: A Personal Biography (2004): https:\/\/amzn.to\/46cdPQQ     FIND &amp;amp; FOLLOW:  Website:  https:\/\/goodseatsstillavailable.com\/ Twitter:  https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoodSeatsStill Instagram (+ Threads):  https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/goodseatsstillavailable\/ Facebook:  https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoodSeatsStillAvailable\/ YouTube:  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@goodseatsstillavailable   ","author_name":"Good Seats Still Available","author_url":"https:\/\/goodseatsstillavailable.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/28595588\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/aa0926\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/163702043"}