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Sports Illustrated August 6, 2001 L. Jon Wertheim |
Plenty of Anna-tude In his new book Venus Envy: A Sensational Season Inside the Women's Tennis Tour, L. Jon Wertheim draws back the curtain on the soap opera that is the WTA Tour. The following is an excerpt from the chapter on everyone's favorite nonwinner, Anna Kournikova... |
AskMen.com Mo Arora |
Top 10: Female Physiques In Sports The following women embraced the idea that femininity and athleticism are not mutually exclusive terms: Kerri Walsh... Amy Acuff... Brandy Chastain... Amanda Beard... Natalie Gulbis... Maria Sharapova... Anna Kournikova... etc. |
Sports Illustrated November 6, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Visiting with a former golden girl Carling Bassett was the Anna Kournikova of the 1980s, a player of considerable talent but one whose popularity was based as much on her looks as her tennis. Bassett now reveals battle with eating disorders... |
Sports Illustrated April 14, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Any day now for Anna ...The myth, which Kournikova herself often takes great measures to perpetuate, is that she is an imposter on the WTA Tour, a toothsome starlet who simply uses the tennis court as a catwalk... |
AskMen.com February 19, 2003 Mark Simmons |
Do Female Athletes Deserve Equality? Women have every right to want their own sports leagues and they even have a right to want to play alongside men in the top organizations. That said, they can have the former but have no business even dreaming about the latter |
Sports Illustrated July 8, 2002 Phil Taylor |
Dangerous appeal Playing up sexiness in sports can make for a risky game. |
Sports Illustrated March 20, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
On Agassi, mags and Hernan Gumy Tennis Q&A |
Sports Illustrated October 7, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Ladies' might Presenting the top women tennis players of the last 25 years |
Sports Illustrated December 4, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Filling the void in New York Now that the women's tour has pulled the incredibly boneheaded -- boy, that's a surprise, tennis administrators being boneheads -- move of going to Germany for the year-ending tournament, what's the chance of the men coming back to New York? |
Salon.com August 2, 2000 Diane Seo |
Sports magazines start to sweat Why hot Web sites and flat ad revenue portend more Anna Kournikova covers for Sports Illustrated. |
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 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 August 12, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Hewitt's behavior crosses the line Li'l Lleyton Hewitt is under the mistaken impression that his duties end when he leaves the court. Hey, others can be the tour's public face. Sorry, mate, it doesn't work that way. |
Sports Illustrated September 30, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
GQ spread undermines women's game The WTA Tour's fingerprints are all over this. The tour has, unrepentantly, chosen to peddle the sex appeal of its players, and lately hands were being wrung over who could replace the desultory Kournikova (see: Popova, Simonya). |
Sports Central June 10, 2006 Tom Kosinski |
Time For Another Battle of the Sexes? In tennis, the controversy over equal prize money for the sexes continues. |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
5 Of The Biggest Athlete Endorsement Deals Details on the 5 biggest endorsments deals for athletes. |
Sports Illustrated September 6, 2001 Frank Deford |
Showtime Women's tennis looks ready for prime time... |
Sports Illustrated July 16, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
The good and bad of Ivanisevic I was happy to see Goran Ivanisevic finally win Wimbledon until I saw his post-match news conference, during which he referred to a linesman as a "faggot." Why doesn't the press call him on his bigotry? |
Sports Central April 27, 2005 Tom Kosinski |
What Were They Thinking? Few really care who the official clothing sponsor of the U.S. Open Championships is. Recent additions and changes in the tennis industry, however, have made me wonder, "What were they thinking?" |
Sports Illustrated April 24, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Anna, Pete ... and Steve Guttenberg Tennis Q&A: Anna Kournikova bandwagon... What must Pete Sampras do to win the French Open this year?... any chance of some young upstart no one has heard off winning one of the big four?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated August 5, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Sampras appears on the rebound If his career was in seriously dire straits after Wimbledon, Pete Sampras bounced back with a vengeance in Toronto. |
Sports Central October 7, 2004 Mert Ertunga |
Tennis Offseason Reading Picks No tennis to watch? Then read about the game. Tennis books are secret gems that most tennis fans choose to ignore. Here are four worth a trip to the bookstore or library. |
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. |
Sports Illustrated July 23, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
A tennis-book wish list My friend and I were checking out the WTA Tour message boards the other day and came across a thread on the "World's Shortest Tennis Books"... |
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 Central March 13, 2007 Tom Kosinski |
WTA Tour Faces Grave Challenges in U.S. The WTA Tour has done an amazing job of bringing in good sponsors and partners, all who have helped make the tour a worthwhile entertainment venture. But is the picture as rosey as it might seem? |
Sports Illustrated October 22, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
The marrying type(s) My question, "Which tennis players would you be most inclined to marry?" -- drew a downright frightening number of responses... |
Sports Illustrated November 6, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Venus speeds past Marion Jones From the Mailbag: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Sports Illustrated has declared Venus Williams Sportswoman of the Year. This award belongs to Marion Jones. No one even comes close. Of course I could be wrong... |
Sports Illustrated May 22, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
From movies to poems Tennis Q&A: Tennis related movies... Is Nathalie Tauziat's "controversial" book going to be available in English in the U.S.?... Juan Carlos Ferrero... who are the shortest successful players on both tours?... etc. |
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? |
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... |
Lucire June 24, 2010 |
Do you recognize this woman? Anna Peka goes from "wild" to "wow" in Blue Cactus's Ultimate Make-Over competition |
Sports Illustrated March 25, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Hewitt on and off the court After Lleyton Hewitt's 6-1, 6-2 drubbing of Tim Henman at Indian Wells, I'm left wondering: Without the help of chicken pox -- or Nicolas Escude and a grass court -- how do you beat this guy? |
Sports Illustrated January 7, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Getting back in the swing Hingis' problem lately is that when she gets into a rally, hubris takes over and she wants to bang from the baseline rather than junk things up and open up the court... |
Sports Illustrated November 12, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Still railing on rankings Is it possible that tennis could adopt something similar to golf's World Ranking? Golf's system is based on results over the last two years and uses average points per event, not total points... |
Sports Illustrated January 8, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Breaking out all over Women (and men) on the verge of a breakout year ought to include: Juan Carlos Ferrero, Kim Clijsters, Nathalie Dechy, Justine Henin, Roger Federer... |
Sports Illustrated August 20, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Solving the rankings riddle As a USTA poster boy, rest assured Andy Roddick will be playing every match on a show court. He's popping serves, bludgeoning his groundies and moving well. More impressive, he's been showing poise that belies his age... |
Sports Illustrated March 4, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Guessing game Will Stevenson win a title before Kournikova? |
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 June 26, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
London calling Questions answered: Has Martina Hingis created her own worst enemy in Mary Pierce? Will Pete Sampras choke? Is Arvind Parmar the real deal?... |
Sports Central March 9, 2010 Tom Kosinski |
Tennis, Economic, or Player Recession? I've discussed the current world economic situation and its effect on the professional tennis industry here many times. |
Sports Illustrated June 6, 2000 L. Jon Wertheim |
Inside Tennis Week 1 of the French Open was marked by one injury after another |
Sports Illustrated April 17, 2000 |
Covering a lot of ground Tennis Q&A: WTA marketing's shift from a real sport to just a beauty pageant?... Mirjana Lucic... the announcing team of Leif Shiras and Barry McKay... Australia chooses synthetic surface... etc. |
Sports Illustrated March 6, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Anna, Anna everywhere Tennis Q & A. |
Sports Illustrated August 21, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Visitors' guide to the U.S. Open Must-dos and must-sees for those attending their first US Open... Plus, Why not move the Australian Open to October?... Anna Kournikova's coldness to the press... etc. |
Sports Illustrated September 24, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Back to our show How on earth could the WTA not have canceled the Big Island Open in Hawaii?... |
Salon.com November 29, 2000 Allen Barra |
Oops, she lost again Anna Kournikova, the Britney Spears of tennis, is already nearing the end... |
Sports Illustrated April 9, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
A tale of tennis' bard What Bud Collins is really like... |
Sports Illustrated November 5, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
WTA soap opera continues Even by women's tennis' impossibly high standards for absurdity, it was a bizarre week on the WTA Tour... |
Sports Illustrated February 12, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Johnny Mac to the rescue? I believe John McEnroe should have been selected to play Davis Cup to generate some interest from viewers like me. It would have been great. Big names are what the event needs, right? |