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Venus Williams was one match from playing her sister Serena again in the Australian Open, but their meeting was canceled by someone who idolized them. Venus was defeated…

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Gon’ head Serena! Source | NYTimes Serena Williams was asked last week what the number 18 meant to her. “It means legal to do some…

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The British press is going heavy on the absence from the stands of Williams’ 70-year-old dad and ex-coach Richard Williams, who stayed home in Hobe Sound…

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Grade: A Venus Vs.  (ESPN Films) The Elder Williams sister proves that she is an icon on and off center court Film Review by African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Everyone knows about the Williams Sisters and their rise out of south-central LA to become supreme goddesses of the tennis world. Although the recently released […]

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Often imitated never duplicated, Venus and Serena Williams are the tennis phenoms that no other player could ever be. The Williams Sisters grew up in…

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Lil’ Wayne’s love of sports doesn’t stop at basketball and football. The rapper is an avid tennis fan as well. Sports Illustrated recently sent Weezy a letter asking the incarcerated rapper to weigh in on the upcoming US Open, and the rapper was surprisingly knowledgeable about the sport! I genuinely appreciate this opportunity to express […]

French kiss. French fries. French corset? Venus Williams debuted a risque number from her fashion line at the French Open this weekend and it has gotten a lot of people talking.

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VIA:  AltheaGibson.Com Born August 25, 1927 in Silver, SC, A right-hander, grew up in Harlem. Her family was poor, but she was fortunate in coming to the attention of Dr. Walter Johnson, a Lynchburg VA physician who was active in the black tennis community. He became her patron as he would later for Arthur Ashe, […]

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Althea Gibson lived in Harlem in the 1930s and 1940s. Her family was on welfare. She was a client of the Society for Prevention of…