GQ chose tennis star Serena Williams as its woman of the year, however, the magazine is taking flack for its decision to put quote marks around the word “woman” on the cover.
NEW YORK (AP) — Tennis great Serena Williams goes topless and sings “I Touch Myself” in a video to promote breast cancer awareness month.
Several members of Australia’s Penguin Football Club have apologized for appearing in in blackface as Serena and Venus Williams, according to the New York Post.
Male tennis players are almost three times more likely to be fined for losing their temper and smashing racquets than their female counterparts, The New York Times reported Saturday.
Tennis umpires are fighting back against accusations of sexism after Serena Williams’ meltdown at the U.S. Open last weekend.
Sonnie opens up about how 9/11 increased her awareness on foreign and domestic issues and encouraged an entire generation of men to dedicate their lives to the protection of the nation.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A cartoon of Serena Williams that has been widely condemned as a racist depiction of the tennis great has been partially reprinted on the front page of the Melbourne-based newspaper that initially published it.
Australia’s populist Herald Sun newspaper has given the middle finger to the politically correct mob by reprinting, on its front page, a controversial cartoon of difficult tennis star Serena Williams throwing a tantrum.
The Australian newspaper that published a much-derided caricature of tennis star Serena Williams standing by its decision and its cartoonist.
An Australian editorial cartoonist has come under fire for what many liberals are calling a “racist” cartoon of tennis star Serena Williams throwing a temper tantrum on the court.
Monday, SiriusXM radio host Chris “Mad Dog” Russo criticized tennis star Serena Williams’ tirade at the U.S. Open after being penalized for receiving illegal coaching. Williams went on to berate the umpire and break rackets, even turning the situation into
Martina Navratilova, an 18-time Grand Slam singles champion, says Serena Williams was wrong in her outburst at the US Open women’s finals even though she agreed there is a double standard.
LONDON (AP) — The International Tennis Federation is defending the chair umpire who gave Serena Williams three code violations during the U.S. Open final, saying his “decisions were in accordance with the relevant rules.”
Monday on ESPN’s “Get Up,” reporter Maria Taylor defended Serena Williams’ meltdown at the U.S. Open after tennis umpire Carlos Ramos accused her of illegally receiving coaching. According to Taylor, Williams snapped because of “everything that she has dealt with her
Monday, MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski weighed in on Serena Williams’ meltdown at the U.S. Open, saying the tennis star is “incapable” of not taking the chair umpire’s ruling that she was being illegally coached “personally.” Williams turned the
The New York Post’s Maureen Callahan criticized Serena Williams fans for booing 20-year Naomi Osaka, the first-ever Japenese player to win a Grand Slam singles title, after defeating Williams at the US Open.
Serena Williams’s claim that the code violations that sparked her meltdown in the US Open final were sexist stirred debate, with WTA Tour chief executive Steve Simon backing her on Sunday.
Tennis star Serena Williams made headlines this weekend when she angrily shouted down tennis umpire Carlos Ramos, who accused her of illegally receiving coaching during the US Open.
NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams has been fined a total of $17,000 for three code violations during the U.S. Open final.
NEW YORK (AP) — The events and the arguing and the booing that would make this a U.S. Open final unlike any other began when Serena Williams’ coach made what she insisted was an innocent thumbs-up, but the chair umpire interpreted as a helpful signal.
Friday, tennis star Serena Williams praised activist NFL free agents Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid for their protests and work in the community. According to Williams, “every athlete, every human and definitely every African-American” should be completely grateful for and
Serena Williams said Friday that “every athlete, every human” should be grateful for the stand on social issues taken by former NFL players Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid.
Thursday on “Get Up,” ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith suggested that tennis star Serena Williams’ gender is preventing the public from acknowledging her as the “greatest ever” athlete. “If she were a man, what would we be saying? We’d be
Monday on ESPN’s “Get Up,” co-host Michelle Beadle reacted to the French Open banning Serena Williams’ skin-tight catsuit, and said race may have had something to do with it. French Tennis Federation President Bernard Giudicelli said of the new rule to ban
The French Open announced on Friday, that Serena Williams would not be able to wear her famed “Black Panther”-inspired catsuit outfit at the event any longer. That decision, however, has sparked backlash among Hollywood fans.
Serena Williams, noted football expert and tennis pro, says she is sure that if an NFL team were to sign former quarterback Colin Kaepernick, he would lead them to a Super Bowl victory.
Tennis great Serena Williams lashed out on Twitter, claiming that the “random” drug tests conducted by Tennis’ governing bodies are actually “discrimination.”
June 2 (UPI) — Serena Williams beat Julia Goerges in straight sets Saturday at the French Open, setting up a round of 16 match against Maria Sharapova.
Tennis pro Serena Williams debuted her new catsuit-styled tennis garb at the French Open this year, claiming that it prevents blood clots and makes her “feel like a superhero.”
Ivanka Trump lashed out at the Women’s Tennis Association on Thursday, after that group left Serena Williams unseeded going into the French Open.
Thursday, CNN sports analyst Christine Brennan reacted to tennis legend John McEnroe saying Donald Trump offered him $1 million to play either Venus or Serena Williams in a match. Brennan said either of the female tennis stars “would have pummeled” McEnroe,
Tennis legend John McEnroe says before Donald Trump was in office, the real estate mogul offered him $1 million to face off with either Venus or Serena Williams, but he turned it down. “It was after Serena and Venus started
New York Times tennis reporter Ben Rothenberg took some heat after saying an interview given by champion player Serna Williams was a “heated exchange” with reporters.
U.S. tennis star Serena Williams was featured in a pro-woman Nike commercial, which aired during Sunday’s Oscars telecast.
Aug. 23 (UPI) — Mom-to-be Serena Williams bared her baby bump in a new photo this week.
The pregnant 35-year-old tennis star shared a new picture and a funny Snapchat video Tuesday ahead of the birth of her first child with her fiancé, Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian.
British tennis star Andy Murray is again going out of his way to interject feminism into tennis, this time acting as if a reporter was slighting female tennis players with a question asked of Murray after his loss to American Sam Querrey at Wimbledon.
During the post match press conference, a reporter prefaced his question about Querrery’s win saying, “Sam is the first US player to reach a major semi-final since 2009.”
Retired tennis star John McEnroe got himself in a bit of trouble with the social justice warrior set when he described tennis star Serena Williams as a great “female” tennis player, and went on to say she would rank “like 700” if she were playing against men.
Another pregnant celebrity and another magazine cover where she appears nude, leg raised and cupping her breasts—this time it’s Serena Williams in Vanity Fair.
Tuesday, Joe Namath weighed in on John McEnroe’s controversial comments about Serena Williams being ranked somewhere around the 700th best tennis player if she played on the men’s circuit. McEnroe’s ranking received a tweet from Williams telling him to keep
Former tennis great John McEnroe stirred up some controversy recently when he said women’s tennis player Serena Williams would be ranked 700th in the world if she played on the men’s circuit Williams responded to McEnroe’s comments, telling him to keep her