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Wimbledon brings Venus back showing the Williams sisters still own tennisAthletic greatness is proven by performance. Athletic immorality is defined by how debilitated your sport becomes when you aren’t around. Tennis doesn’t know what to do without the Williams sisters and it’s why Wimbledon keeps bringing them back. ...

Margaret Court’s resentment is proof that envy and racism were Serena Williams’ only true rivalsMost of the time, feminists are feminism’s biggest problem. It’s why Margaret Court has chosen this moment to hate on Serena Williams. Because like tennis, feminism is/was supposed to be something just for white women....

It’s just a gameThe first time I wrote “professionally” about Serena Williams, back when Bleacher Report was still an onslaught of slideshows, I called her overrated. I was just out of college, and my terrible, awful, horrendous take was she didn’t win as much as she could. This was more than a decade ago, and it w...

Tennis doesn’t want Naomi Osaka around

Naomi Osaka loves tennis, but tennis doesn’t seem to love her back. ...

Serena Williams is still bothered by what happened at Indian Wells 20 years ago — the tournament should be renamed in her honor

Your apology should be louder than your disrespect....

Williams Sisters Lose Olympic Women's Doubles Match For First Time In History

The Williams sisters have been playing as doubles partners at the Olympics since 2000, and had never lost a match together—until today, when they were eliminated in the first round in Rio by the Czech team of Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova 6-3, 6-4....

Russian Tennis Prez Fined For Calling Venus & Serena "Williams Brothers"

Shamil Tarpischev, president of the Russian Tennis Federation, has been fined and suspended for some offensive comments he made about the Williams sisters on Russian late-night TV. Specifically, he referred to the players as the "Williams brothers" and called their looks "frightening."...