Serena Williams kicked off the potential final Grand Slam event of her career with a win at the U.S. Open on Monday night. She was then surprised with a special tribute ceremony where Gayle King and Billie Jean King paid tribute to her iconic career.
Serena Williams might not be the dominant force in women’s tennis as she once was, but she is still in the top 10 of the WTA rankings as evidenced by her Tuesday night (September 3) performance at the U.S. Open. The world No. 8 player took out No. 18 ranked Wang Qiang in 44 minutes, […]
Serena Williams already contends with rampant drug testing and other forms of micro-aggressions simply because she’s a Black woman atop her sport of tennis, but a recent jab just might be among the worst offenses she’s faced yet. An Austrailian newspaper published an offensive cartoon depicting Williams in the wake of her U.S. Open loss […]
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.
“You just gotta have a more honest approach, initially. It’s not like they don’t know his wife is there. He just picked some chickens, that’s all. Then they start talking.” As the media continues to eat off the “fall” of Tiger Woods, America is clearly having a field day with the golfer’s plummet from grace. […]
