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When examining a situation like this, my normal reaction would be, “here we go, what now?” If someone were to tell me a women’s tennis tournament was forced to change their advertising slogan because it could be viewed as sexist, I …
Mere weeks after Rory McIlroy raved about his longtime girlfriend Holly Sweeney who helped keep him grounded, we’re learning that the couple has split. The timing of the announcement is quite curious — just last week McIlroy talked about …
Serena Williams has posed nude for a magazine (see the pics), but that may not have brought the internet to a halt the way her dress at the ESPYs did. The pictures of Serena Williams at the ESPYs seen above drove her fans crazy. We already told …
Novak Djokovic won his third career grand slam and first Wimbledon, beating Rafael Nadal 6-4, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 in the finals Sunday. Consumed with euphoria after getting the win at the All England Club, Novak pulled a few blades of grass from the lawn …
Bethanie Mattek-Sands has challenged a blogger to a tennis match over his criticism of her in recent weeks. That blogger would be me, Larry Brown. Bethanie must have come across this post and this post I wrote about her last week and tracked me down …
What is a tennis player to do when things aren’t going their way during one of the most important matches of their life? You could always go John McEnroe and smash a racquet, swear at the official, and boost ratings. Or you could just throw …
Not only did Bethanie Mattek-Sands lose in the first round at Wimbledon this week, while sporting a Lady Gaga-style outfit and eye black, but she also snubbed the chair umpire on her way off the court: The standard post-match protocol is to shake …
American tennis player Bethanie Mattek-Sands caught our attention when she sported a Lady Gaga-like dress to the Wimbledon player’s party last week. Mattek-Sands likes to make a fashion statement on the court and admitted that high socks is her …
It’s OK line judge, you’re allowed to be human and move out of the way every once in a while … That was probably the best thing Nicolas Mahut did all match considering he got straight-setted by John Isner in the most fixed Wimbledon …
Serena Williams has a fiery personality, but we aren’t used to seeing her express emotion over personal issues on the court. Sure, she’ll blow up at a judge or get into it with an opponent, but seeing her cry was something new. Check out …
Elen Rivas is a Spanish model and the former fiance of Chelsea midfielder, Frank Lampard. The couple has two children together but they split in 2008, and Frank is now engaged to Christine Bleakley. Don’t worry about Elen though, she’s …
Anytime you ask Lady Gaga’s designer to make you something, things are bound to get weird. For that reason, it’s safe to say American tennis player Bethanie Mattek-Sands knew what she was getting herself into at Thursday night’s …
Serena Williams made her return to the court after nearly a year off, defeating Tsvetana Pironkova 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the AEGON International Tuesday. The tournament is a tune-up for Wimbledon, which was Serena’s last …
As if losing the French Open finals to Li Na wasn’t hard enough, Francesca Schiavone also had to suffer the embarrassment of being stripped of the championship trophy. Of course that’s only because it was given to her accidentally. Busted …
Some players have a call that doesn’t go their way and still win their match. Other players lose a call on a decision that gets overturned and fall apart. Such was the case for Francesca Schiavone at the French Open finals Saturday. Schiavone …
Our culture is one where there is a win-at-all-costs focus, regardless if it’s in the business arena, education field, or in athletics. It’s unfortunate that honesty and sportsmanship aren’t valued more heavily, but that’s a …
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