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Connors now sounds less enthusiastic about Riordan than Riordan does about Connors. Though Jimmy praises the promoter for giving him a start and respects Riordan's fight for independence in tennis, there are signs that he may be going his own way. "It's coming to the point where I...
Chris Evert senses Connors' growing independence. "Before, he was being told what to say to the press," says Chris. "Now he's making an effort to look into what's going on, say with the A.T.P. He's starting to separate the people who are for him from the people...
A lot more people might be for him if they knew Connors off the court. Marty Riessen recalls: "Jimmy spent a night at my house in 1973. It was very pleasant. I could like him. He's a nice kid, but I can't get to him. None of us...
Though he often still travels with his mother (while in Los Angeles, they share a modest two-bedroom apartment) and checks with her to see when his favorite dinners of short-rib stew or chicken-fried steak will be ready, he does not let her protective mantle smother him. Connors...
When Connors and Segura get bored, they roar off in Jimmy's bright green 1973 Porsche, sometimes cruising the streets of Westwood admiring the co-eds at U.C.L.A. Last month they also toured the canyons of Beverly Hills, checking houses for Connors to buy.