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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!’
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!
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]
(iSTRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)
So lets see, who made an ass of themself in the last week or so…. 1. Dana Jacobson
If you aren’t familiar with Dana Jacobson, she’s the host of an ESPN program called “1st take” or “1st and 10″ or something like that, I watch it just about everyday and still don’t remember the real name. Anywho, she embarrassed herself and the network by getting pissy drunk last weekend at a celebrity roast. She uttered the words “F-ck Jesus” at some point during her time on the mic, which earned her a suspension (and possible termination) from the network.
2. Sissy Boy (Roger Federer)
I am the #1 Roger Federer hater on the planet. I don’t watch Men’s tennis whatsoever, except when Roger is playing so I can root against him. I begged and pleaded for a certain someone to remind me when Roger’s matchup was a few days ago. They never did, so in turn I missed out on this huge upset. Anytime Federer loses is a reason for celebration.
3. Tiger Woods
Ugh, I almost want to give Tiger Woods his “black people membership” card back, for the sole purpose of revoking it a second time. I already delivered a pretty good rant on Tiger a few days ago, but he still had to be included on this list. 4. LaDainian Tomlinson
The first time I laid eyes upon LaDainian’s (in)Action Figure, I burst out laughing. Remember he spent the biggest game of his career sulking on the bench? Well now we can remember that moment forever. Yes, this is a real toy, buy it here.
The queen of tennis chesticles has been Serena Williams for as long as I can remember. The vast plateau of flat-chested-hard-bodied women competitors have lived in the shadow of Mount Serena, whose mighty peaks have dominated the lands. But this weeks Australian Open unearthed a new natural wonder.
Her name is Tamira Paszek.
Although Tamira lost against Jelena Jankovic in the first round, the entire world is now abreast of her growing potential. I’m not going to pretend I keep up with tennis, but someone PLEASE tell me if these two play against each other. That’s live blogging material.
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. 
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, 
The vast plateau of flat-chested-hard-bodied women competitors have lived in the shadow of Mount Serena, whose mighty peaks have dominated the lands. But this weeks Australian Open unearthed a new natural wonder.