Andre Agassi: meth, mullets and a very mental dad

**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.jpgBrooke Shields Friends scene: https://youtu.be/hwkRDVQI7l8?si=9hc29U1LLita2aIR&t=53Things get ugly with Sampras at charity match: https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/wqkaai/things_get_ugly_between_two_legends_at_charity/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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