Serena Williams recently ran into some trouble after advancing into the U.S. Open semifinals against Kim Clijsters. Being two points from elimination in the second set, Serena double faulted and unleashed a tirade upon the line judge that ruled the foot fault, vowing to take the ball and shove it down her throat (to put [...]
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September 15, 2009
Federer, bitching to the umpire about a late challenge by eventual winner Juan Martin Del Potro: "Don't tell me to be quiet, OK? ... I don't give a **** what he said, OK?" Such grace! [YouTube, AP]
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September 16, 2009
"Furthering the teaching that Judgments are only for those outside the Organization, Serena Williams threatened a line judge with a dose of Jehovah's Witness authority yesterday. Her comments were blasphemous, having been used in connection with 'God.'" [Jehovahs-Witness.net]
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September 18, 2009
by Greg CouchFiled under: U.S. Open, WTASerena Williams could get a permanent suspension from major championships for her threatening, f-bomb laced tirade against a line judge at the U.S. Open last week. That's what Bill Babcock, Executive Director of the International Tennis Federation, told Darren Cahill in an interview on ESPN the other day."Now, it's in my hands...
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September 15, 2009
Wilson Edible Tennis Balls, Shove Them Down Your F****** Throat. Conan O’Brien saw the recent Serena Williams outburst at the US Open, and he thinks it was a little staged. What are the odds that Wilson came out with edible tennis balls, and Serena has this outburst the same week?
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September 17, 2009
APLeBron James and Serena Williams arrive at a cocktail party in New York celebrating the Foundation For the Advancement of Women. LeBron James will play himself in another movie called "Fantasy Basketball Camp," a Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment comedy,...
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September 15, 2009
Opinion: LeGarrette Blount got banned from college football for his outlandish outburst. Serena Williams got invited back to play doubles in the U.S. Open after hers.
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September 16, 2009
Also: Serena Williams makes a mockery of her craft more than we ever could.
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September 17, 2009
After Serena Williams' ghastly threats against a line judge following a foot fault call, most tennis fans thought they had seen the last of the ugly side of tennis. With both finals to come, spectators only wanted to see a great display of sport.
They were dead wrong.
The women's final saw Kim Clijsters become the first mother to win a Slam since 1980, but the whole...
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September 17, 2009
The Dolphins opening with the letdown of a public defecation in Atlanta, the Lions losing an 18th straight game, the woeful Rams being shut out -- these are all Week 1 embarrassments to which I can sadly relate after 5-11 vs. the spread. I deserve to be yelled at profanely by Serena Williams or belittled in a speech by Michael Jordan. I am depressed. If I don't turn it around...
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September 17, 2009
For anyone living in a cave or something, up there is Serena Williams officially losing me this weekend, after I have been a big fan of hers for a long time. I mean, I've always loved the Williams sisters, mostly because they can really play the game and they make for great, interesting television, and secretly I've always rooted harder for Serena than for Venus because...
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September 16, 2009
I chose to write an article about tennis, specifically the U.S. Open, since I have played tennis since I was very young, and it is still one of my favorite sports both to play and to watch.
Now, there were a lot of story-lines in this year's U.S. Open, from del Potro upsetting Federer, to Serena Williams' epic tirade, to American youngster Melanie Oudin's historic run...
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September 15, 2009
Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, Venus Williams, Jelena Jankovic, Victoria Azarenka, Svetlana Kuznetsova: All had fallen out of the U.S. Open before Serena Williams.
This list is compiled of players who, on their good days, have a chance at defeating Serena when she is playing near her best.
As of Saturday night, add Kim Clijsters' name to this lethal lineup of foes.
When...
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September 18, 2009
I thought it was peculiar that sports broadcasters slammed Serena Williams for her on-court outburst during last week's US Open. I mean, why did they criticize Serena now when she has been treated with kid gloves all these years?
My only question was whether she went that far over the line because she's never been disciplined before or was it a case of roid rage after all...
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