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R’ra somehow describes the Serena bikini pictures perfectly.
Commenters on a lot of blogs are saying shes out of shape, but she defated the #1 tennis player in the world last week, so she can’t be doing that bad.
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I’ve mentioned my distaste for men’s tennis on several occasions, but moments like this make the sport look a little less sissy.
Mikhail Youzhny lost a point after a long volley and became so angry he struck himself in the head with his own racket three times. A stream of blood rushed down his forehead and the match had to be temporarily stopped while trainers patched up the wound. If things like this happened in tennis every week maybe…. just maybe….I would consider not making fun of it so often.
[Shout out to SportsByBrooks for the photo]
Venus and Serena’s daddy is at it again folks. When asked how race (and racism) in tennis affected him and his family, he had this to say.
It didn’t affect us. We were trained for something like that. Tennis is a prejudice game. Well, I’m Black and I’m prejudiced, very prejudiced. I’ll be always prejudiced as the White man. The White man hated me all my life and I hate him. That’s no secret. I’m not even an American, it just so happens that I was born in America. People are prejudiced in tennis. I don’t think Venus or Serena was ever accepted by tennis. They never will be. But if you get some little White no good trasher in America like Tracy Austin or Chris Evert who cannot hit the ball, they will claim this is great.
You can read Richard’s entire interview with the Deccan Herald HERE.
While I agree that Venus and Serena definitely faced discrimination, Richard is approaching this the wrong way. The timing of this latest tirade is especially bad considering the presidential race going on right now. People over the age of 55 in America (no matter what race they are) generally have very bitter feelings towards one another due to the civil rights movement and racial tensions in America’s past.
This kinda reminds me of Chris Rock’s stand up on how old black people are the most racist in the country.
Nothing more racist than a old black man, you know why? Cos the old black man went through some real racism. He ain’t go through that ‘I can’t get a cab’ shit. He *WAS* the cab! White man just jump on his back; ‘Main Street!’
thats REAL. LOL
(this video is NSFW)
Women’s tennis legend Martina Navratilova recently spoke out about the loud grunting, screaming, and shrieking that some female athletes do on the court. Navratilova let it be known that if she were in power, things would be different:
“If I were the commissioner of tennis I would outlaw (screeching during matches),” Navratilova told reporters at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan earlier this week. “Maria Sharapova’s level gets louder the closer the match and quite frankly it’s not necessary, they aren’t lifting 300 pounds, they’re hitting a tennis ball.”
I don’t watch much tennis (usually only when Serena or Sharapova plays), but If you’ve never seen them go at it, they let out these huge banshee wails from time to time. Although Martina Navratilova is right about them possibly overdoing it, I personally don’t have a problem with it. Neither should Martina, isn’t she a lesbian? I would think that hot sweaty women letting out passionate screams would be met with her approval.
They sure in the hell meet mine.
LET IT OUT SERENA!
[story found @ Down The Line]
The Williams sisters are heavily into fashion and pride themselves on their appearance, which made made the photos below particularly disturbing. Venus is participating in the semi-final round of the Bangalore Open this week sporting a slightly new look. Her hair and facial expressions conjured up a frightening resemblance to Whitney Houston. Not the old “national anthem at the world series” Whitney that we all know and love. The cracked out “Being Bobby Brown” Whitney.
[Image via Down The Line]
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