Tennis great Jimmy Connors was arrested outside the campus arena where UC Santa Barbara and top-ranked North Carolina were playing a basketball game. The eight-time Grand Slam champion was taken into custody Friday night after refusing to comply with an order to leave an area near the entrance of the Thunderdome following a confrontation, police Sgt. Dan Massey said in a statement. Jeez, that guy has been angry his whole life, still throwing a fit over anything. Eight-time Grand Slam champion Jimmy Connors arrested in Santa Barbara - Yahoo! News