Serena Williams, the incredibly-gifted tennis champion who just a few weeks ago whined about having to make millions of dollars playing a game, is at it with her whiny ways once again, this time about the presence of creepy crawly insects distracting and disgusting her during her first round match against Tamira Paszek on Tuesday [...]
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Let's talk about Tim Tebow versus Serena Williams "The People" (not "The Races"): Tim Tebow "I take full responsibility for my poor performance", and when things go well for him "God has blessed me"... now Serena "She was playing so weird that I started playing bad" and "I'm going to shove this ball down your throat", you're right, this is not about race, you just compared a humble decent human being to a ego-centric, whiney, spoiled brat. It's not about race at all...except to you.
They should be a shame of them self.