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On the heels of Serena Williams’ victory against Julia Grges at the French Open on Saturday, her best performance since returning from maternity leave, Inside Tennis reporter Bill Simons asked Williams a sexist question about President Donald Trump’s alleged comments on Maria Sharapova’s shoulders and “supermodel good looks.” “I have…
Twenty-one white people (including seven male board members and CEO Steve Simon) of a total of 22 people in the World Tennis Association’s (WTA) management made the call to boot Serena Williams from seeding for the French Open for having a baby. If this isn’t a slap toward Black motherhood,…
Tennis star Serena Williams said in an open letter that she is taking a nod from her mother, Oracene Price, on how to raise newborn daughter, Alexis Olympia, to have a positive body image despite negativity from critics. Williams, who has won 23 Grand Slam titles, has repeatedly been the…
In tennis player Maria Sharapova’s new memoir, her one-sided rivalry against Serena Williams, which Sharapova admits began in her own mind, takes a stereotypical turn in regard to body image. She chooses to describes Williams’ body, including her “thick arms and thick legs” that are “so intimidating.” Sharapova, 30, became…
