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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 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... |
Sports Illustrated December 2, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
View from the top Best isn't good enough; Serena Williams wants to be perfect. |
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 July 8, 2002 Phil Taylor |
Dangerous appeal Playing up sexiness in sports can make for a risky game. |
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 |
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. |
Sports Central May 23, 2005 Tom Kosinski |
And So it Begins: The End For Serena? Serena Williams has withdrawn from the French Open. |
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 26, 2002 Frank Deford |
Sisters superior Venus and Serena -- alone and together atop their sport. |
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 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. |
Sports Illustrated April 2, 2003 L. Jon Wertheim |
Venus Eclipsed While Serena Williams dominates, her big sister no longer intimidates. |
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 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 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 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. |
Entrepreneur February 2004 Sara Wilson |
Measuring Up Searching for a good idea for a business? Just take a look out the window. |
Sports Illustrated July 8, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Wrapping up Wimbledon Some random ruminations from a random Wimbledon. |
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... |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2003 Tony Wilbert |
Fighting for Control John Williams, who founded Post Properties 32 years ago, has separation issues. |
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 August 6, 2002 Rick Reilly |
Color Scheme If you're a black pro athlete who owns a sweet ride and lives in a ritzy neighborhood in this country, chances are good you've been busted for DWB. Driving While Black. |
Sports Central June 29, 2011 Luke Broadbent |
Tennis Has No Need For a Leading Lady A lot is made of the fact that women's tennis lacks big names that consistently come to the fore. |
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... |
Fast Company November 1, 2007 David Futrelle |
People to Watch Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Nokia CEO... Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of Dreamworks Animation... etc. |
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. |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
Athletes On Reality Television A look at a few athletes who have crossed over from sports into reality television, and what they gained from doing so. |
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 |
Sports Illustrated July 10, 2002 Frank Deford |
His year Ted Williams was synonymous with 1941. |
Sports Illustrated March 5, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
The skinny on Sampras I was totally overwhelmed by the response generated by last week's question about Pete Sampras' popularity and lack thereof. By early Monday afternoon, dozens of you had weighed in. In all, I received more than 100 e-mails... |
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. |
The Motley Fool January 3, 2012 Travis Hoium |
Williams Cos. Shares Plunged (Sort of): What You Need to Know Shares of Williams Cos. may be lower than some investors expected this morning, falling more than 18% from Friday's close. |
Salon.com July 11, 2002 Allen Barra |
Ted Williams, Bud Selig and baseball's very bad week Ted Williams transcended the game; Bud Selig took the fun out of it. The clueless commish should have used position players to pitch in the All-Star Game. |
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? |
Salon.com November 22, 2000 Allen Barra |
Transcending the game Tiger Woods and the Williams sisters want a bigger cut of the increased revenues they've created. Not for winning, but just for showing up. Only a fool would give it to them. |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek May 21, 2010 Susan Berfield |
HSN's Fashionista How CEO Mindy Grossman has taken HSN from ThighMasters and elastic-waist pants to Serena Williams and top designers |
Salon.com October 24, 2000 Mark Miller |
Ted Williams Almost 60 years ago, the greatest hitter who ever lived hit over .400 and no one has done it since... |
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 Illustrated December 31, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
The current Williams legacy Here's a hypo for you: If Venus and Serena Williams were to quit tennis today, what would their legacy be? Would either make the Hall of Fame? Would they be seen as real pioneers or just as talented black players who had a lot of athleticism? |
Sports Illustrated September 4, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Musings from Flushing Meadows Tennis Q&A: Coaching of the Williams sisters... Are there any black African prospects?... Kim Clijsters... Monique Viele... Tracy Almeda-Singian... etc. |
Inc. March 2008 Max Chafkin |
Anything Could Happen Evan Williams's first little idea shifted the culture. (You can thank him for the ubiquity of blogging.) His new business, called Twitter, will be entering your consciousness right... about... now. Why does this stuff happen? Because he lets it. |
Sports Illustrated August 25, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Breaking down the U.S. Open Womens' draw SI staff writer Jon Wertheim peers into his crystal ball to reveal the fate of all 32 seeds for the U.S. Open. See the first-round matches you shouldn't miss, some darkhorse candidates to advance to Week 2, and his championship predictions. |
Sports Illustrated July 15, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Saving American tennis Demanding more accountability from the good folks in White Plains. |
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 Central January 22, 2008 Tom Kosinski |
End of an Era, Beginning of Another? Tennis is truly the international game, and as the political and financial climate has changed, so too the top of the game of tennis. |
Sports Central April 29, 2004 Tom Kosinski |
Apathy is Killing Women's Tennis The two week, joint ATP-WTA tour stop is one of the few events that rivals the grand slams and has simultaneous men's and women's tournaments. |