He dethroned Bjorn Borg at Wimbledon, winning three championships on the prestigious grass courts just outside London. On this side of the Atlantic, he won four U.S. Open titles. McEnroe finished ...

Borg and McEnroe only met 14 times, but the magic they made propelled tennis into pop-culture prominence, much like the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier trilogy revitalized boxing. Their rivalry ...