Sloane Stephens has taken the US Open title this weekend, besting Madison Keys in straight sets, causing Black Twitter to celebrate gleefully.
Pharrell is set to extend his winning streak with adidas. The master creativist has announced a new campaign with the sneaker giant.
Venus Williams has partially addressed the June 9 car crash she was involved in that left one man dead from his injuries. After her first-round victory at Wimbledon, the veteran tennis star attempted to answer a reporter’s inquiry before breaking down in tears and leaving the podium.
Maria Sharapova, the world’s richest female athlete, has admitted to taking a banned substance. On Monday, the Russian tennis star and the world’s richest female athlete held a press conference in Los Angeles to discuss her folly.
Cameras at the Australian Open scrolled by a fan in blackface during a Serena Williams match Wednesday (Jan. 27). The woman smeared what looks like paint (or shoe polish?) all over her face.
Don’t count out Venus Williams just yet. At a point in her career where other greats faded, the older sibling in the Williams tennis tandem has made a triumphant return to the world’s top 10 rankings after a win this weekend.
It looks like the NYPD and its overzealousness will be their undoing once more after five white officers allegedly assaulted Black retired tennis star, James Blake. Blake, a former top five world-ranked player, was thrown to the grown violently by the officers and suffered some minor cuts and bruises.
Clap it up for Venus Williams! The tennis star recently graduated from Indiana University East with a B.A. degree in Business Administration.
NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan teams with superstar tennis pro Roger Federer? That’s what has happened, via their signature sneakers, with the NikeCourt Zoom Vapor AJ3 by Jordan Brand.
Venus and Serena Williams have been, without doubt, the most dominant players in women’s tennis for much of the past decade and more. The emergence of Sloane Stephens, and in part Chicago’s Taylor Townsend, signals that the baton may be passing soon enough.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but in the case of Caroline Wozniacki the act has resulted in a racial backlash. The tennis star stuffed her bra and shorts, in an interpretation of Serena Williams’ curvy figure, during a recent match against Maria Sharapova, and is accused of being racist for the act. Wozniacki […]
Serena Williams should make some cuts to her inner circle. The tennis star’s attempt at rapping hit the ‘Net last week, and while rumor has it that she’s serious about pursuing a music career, the Compton native is crying foul. According to Williams, the whole thing was (thankfully) a joke, and the song found its […]
