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Sports Central May 23, 2005 Tom Kosinski |
And So it Begins: The End For Serena? Serena Williams has withdrawn from the French Open. |
Sports Central April 16, 2007 Tom Kosinski |
U.S. Women's Tennis: Venus or Serena? Venus and Serena Williams seem to be the U.S.' only hope on the women's tour for consistent U.S. appearances in tournament finals. |
Sports Illustrated March 28, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Williams sisters need better advice ...What's behind Serena's slow start and Venus's no start? The Williams camp takes great pride in keeping the rest of the world off-balance but here are a few explanations... |
The Motley Fool June 13, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Learns to Dance Disney's ABC has a surprise early summer hit with a new dancing show. ABC is winning over the crowd that General Electric's NBC is losing, and the network's recovery continues even in the seasonally dull days of summer. |
Sports Central November 25, 2003 Tom Kosinski |
Tennis Not a Top Priority For Williams Sisters Now that Serena has her Aneres clothing line (it's Serena spelled backwards, if you didn't already get it) and Venus has been seen on the runway modeling clothing inspired by her ideas, it's clear that the Williams' time on the tour is very quickly coming to an end. |
Salon.com July 4, 2001 Allen Barra |
Coulda been contenders? The Williams sisters had best start putting a little effort into their games, or they'll be looking back at what might have been sooner than they think... |
Sports Illustrated June 26, 2002 Frank Deford |
Sisters superior Venus and Serena -- alone and together atop their sport. |
Sports Illustrated September 13, 2001 S.L. Price |
American Revolution The battle for supremacy in the women's game seemed over after the Williams sisters dominated the U.S. Open as never before... |
Inc. September 2003 Nicole Gull |
Venus's Designs Venus Williams is the latest athlete to turn entrepreneur, and she's showing her usual flair. |
AskMen.com Matt King |
Michael Jordan Is a Jerk - And I'm Thankful For That The worst player on the worst NBA team would still be a better player than anyone you've ever known. What separates the stars from the superstars? |
Sports Illustrated July 10, 2001 Rick Reilly |
Disadvantage, Women The women are more popular, make more headlines and play more entertaining tennis than the men, yet the women made $790,919 less over the Wimbledon fortnight than the men and $428,637 less at the French... |
Sports Central December 3, 2003 Tom Kosinski |
Venus and Serena, Part II It seems that there are many people out there who believe that no matter what Venus and Serena do, they should get a free pass and never be called on it. |
Sports Illustrated March 26, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
More on the Williams controversy As one would expect, the Mailbag remains stuffed with questions about l'affaire Williams, a controversy that, for any number of reasons, has struck a deep and resonant chord. Your various takes were all over the map... |
Sports Illustrated August 2, 2000 Frank Deford |
All sports trends shall come to pass There is a lamentable tendency for the smarty-pants experts to get carried away by some attractive new sports champion and presume that that achievement must somehow portend great and broad significance. In fact, in the culture of sports, there is rarely much change at the top. |
Salon.com March 21, 2001 Allen Barra |
Skin game The new frontier in sports advertising might be the tattooed players themselves. |
Sports Central July 27, 2005 Tom Kosinski |
The Williams Effect, or Lack Thereof... The public parks tennis program, once a thriving portion of the industry, has been looked to of late as the savior of the United States Tennis Association and the impetus for a whole new generation of tennis players nationwide. |
Sports Illustrated October 16, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Kudos to the Aussie Open Now that the Australian Open has decided to offer equal prize money to both men and women starting next year, what are your feelings on stuffy, old Wimbledon? Will the Brits ever get over their flowers and strawberries? |
Sports Illustrated July 15, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Saving American tennis Demanding more accountability from the good folks in White Plains. |
Sports Illustrated July 9, 2002 Rick Reilly |
Double Whammy You cannot be serious, John McEnroe. You cannot mean what you say in your new book. You cannot actually believe you can beat one of the Williams sisters. |
Salon.com July 7, 2000 Max Garrone |
Wimbledon gossip wrap-up The Fortnight is not all green grass and tennis whites, strawberries and cream. Here's the dirt. |
AskMen.com Ryan Murphy |
Talking Points: Canseco's Boxing & More The Chicago Bulls' unlikely postseason victory... Jose Canseco's fledging boxing career... Oscar Pistorius' pursuit of Olympic gold... |
Sports Illustrated April 2, 2003 L. Jon Wertheim |
Venus Eclipsed While Serena Williams dominates, her big sister no longer intimidates. |
Sports Central July 7, 2006 Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: Real Deal, Please Sit Down Why is "retired" Evander Holyfield returning to the ring?... Will the doping scandal "cycling's greatest event"?... |
Sports Central September 13, 2009 Tom Kosinski |
Serena's U.S. Open Tirade Costs Her Serena make it look like a default and therefore shift blame. |
Sports Illustrated July 10, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List: July 10 Hot: Pete Sampras, Venus Williams, Pat Rafter... Not: Mark Philippoussis, Richard Williams, Natasha Zvereva |
Registered Rep. October 4, 2011 Charles Paikert |
Working With Pro Athletes: Dream Clients Can Also Be A Nightmare In theory, working with professional athletes sounds like a wealth manager's dream come true. But be careful what you wish for, say veteran observers: working with professional athletes can also be a nightmare. |
Sports Illustrated August 29, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Tapping her potential Best is yet to come for Serena Williams... |
Salon.com January 3, 2003 King Kaufman |
Sports Person of the Year: Serena Williams Lance Armstrong is racking up awards like this, which is preposterous. Salon sets the record straight. |
Sports Illustrated June 5, 2001 S.L. Price |
Venus Falling As the star-starved French Open showed, the women's game is suddenly in a swoon... |
Sports Illustrated October 7, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Ladies' might Presenting the top women tennis players of the last 25 years |
Sports Illustrated September 18, 2002 Frank Deford |
Let's sing Autumn's busy first month of sports inspires reflection |
Sports Illustrated July 6, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Sisterly slugfest signals tennis' future In a match that will make the front page of all the newspapers, Venus Williams beat her little sister, Serena, 6-2, 7-6 Thursday to reach her first Wimbledon final. One had the feeling this was one of those epochal matches that will be remembered for years. |
AskMen.com Christopher Hunt |
NBA Draft Financial Lessons NBA draft: don't blow it! Former star Antoine Walker warns against finance pitfalls. |
AskMen.com Phil Helm |
Top 10: Big Mouths In Sports The athletes on this top 10 list of big mouths in sports not only had big mouths, but what came out of them was morally repugnant. |
Sports Central June 11, 2013 Brad Oremland |
Who is the Best Female Tennis Player of All-Time? In my mind, there are three players who merit serious consideration as the Greatest Of All Time: Serena Williams, Martina Navratilova, and Steffi Graf. |
Sports Central July 25, 2008 Tom Kosinski |
U.S. Open Series, Who Cares? The only tennis tournaments that truly matter to the sports watching public at large are the big four -- the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open. |
Sports Central December 16, 2008 Tom Kosinski |
2008 Tennis Christmas Wish List Dear Santa, I have been relatively good this year, even though Venus and Serena are mad at me. |
Sports Illustrated July 9, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Venus, Goran come through I haven't watched too much tennis until this year, but after following the French Open and the first two days of Wimbledon, I can truly say how ugly the game of men's tennis is when it's played on grass... |
Sports Illustrated July 8, 2002 Phil Taylor |
Dangerous appeal Playing up sexiness in sports can make for a risky game. |
Sports Illustrated June 25, 2003 Steve Rushin |
Big Man in the Big House Last Friday police came to take what remained of Jose Canseco's freedom, removing him from his current house after a drug test -- mandated by the court as part of his sentence -- turned up positive for steroids. |
Sports Illustrated July 14, 2000 S.L. Price |
For the Ages The past and the future met in a stirring Wimbledon fortnight as Pete Sampras his record 13th Grand Slam title and Venus Williams her first |
AskMen.com Ryan Murphy |
Top 10: Horrible Career Changes Here is a top 10 list of famous movie stars, athletes, and singers who failed attempts at an alternate career. |
Sports Central September 23, 2003 Tom Kosinski |
The Tennis Sky is Gray I never would have guessed that as I sat on the north practice court watching Andy Roddick with coach Brad Gilbert that I would be watching American tennis history in the making. |
Sports Central December 28, 2005 Mert Ertunga |
Best and Worst of WTA Tour in 2005 One final look at the 2005 season, especially considering the ATP version published on Sports Central last month turned out to draw so much reader feedback. |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
How Media Treats Athletes Unequally A few examples of how media can treat some athletes like gold and others like garbage. |
Sports Central March 30, 2009 Tom Kosinski |
Tennis and the Economic Crisis The economy has been headline in most papers, websites, and television news broadcasts for months. So, how is the average pro tennis player and the industry doing? |
ifeminists July 3, 2007 Carey Roberts |
Equal Pay for Equal Work at Wimbledon? If women's tennis is bringing in far less revenue but taking home just as much money as men's, where is their money coming from? You guessed it -- from the men. |
Sports Illustrated October 9, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
The view on Richard Williams Some interesting responses to my question about why there was, seemingly, so little outrage and righteous indignation regarding the domestic-violence allegations against Richard Williams... |
Sports Illustrated October 1, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Is Roddick fragile? Is it too soon for American men's tennis fans to worry about The Franchise? Also, am I the only one who winces watching him skid and dive on hard courts? |
Reason June 2005 Aaron Steinberg |
In Defense of Steroids Jose Canseco's surprisingly sensible case for juice: A book review of Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big, by Jose Canseco. |