One of the biggest upsets by one of the youngest players.  Gauff, the youngest at Wimbledon at 15, tasted sweet victory over Williams, one of her idols, and the oldest competitor at the tournament at age 39, in a 6-4, 6-4 win. After the final call, a visibly awestruck Gauff seemingly couldn’t believe she had bested […]
The judge in the wrongful death lawsuit against Venus Williams has issued an order allowing the family of the deceased to subpoena Williams’ phone records. The family has claimed that Williams was distracted by talking on the phone during the fatal accident. The subpoenaed records could reveal if Williams was actually talking on the phone […]
Venus Williams is finally speaking out about the fatal car accident of which at first she was found to be liable. Later a video proved that she was not the cause of the accident. After the collision and Barson’s death, an attorney for Williams, noted in a statement to ABC News that authorities did not issue […]
According to a police report tennis super star Venus Williams was deemed to be at fault in a fatal car accident that took the life of 78-year-old Jerome Barson. The accident took place near her home in Palm Beach Gardens on June 9th. Jerome Barson died from his injuries two weeks after the June 9 crash. The […]
The tennis legend just won her 23rd Grand Slam title!
This is a definitely a win-win for #BlackGirlMagic!
Six people were shot in Chicago on Wednesday during a vigil for a homicide victim.
How quickly things turn around. As we reported yesterday, tennis icon Venus Williams was subjected to utterly disrespectful commentary during the Australian Open by ESPN announcer Doug Adler. Well today ESPN has decided what his punishment should be and let’s just say you won’t have to hear him on-air for the foreseeable future. Social media […]
Another day, another disrespectful comment hurled at a black person, this time the recipient of racially-charged commentary is tennis legend Venus Williams. While she was giving her all during her performance at the Australian Open, an ESPN announcer thought that the best way to describe her stance on the court was to compare it to […]
The sisters returned home to renew their ties to the community and to honor the big sister who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Compton in 2003.
See Serena and Venus Williams’ eye-popping tennis outfits over the years.
In what many are calling a shocker, Venus and Serena Williams – already three-time Olympic doubles gold medalists – experienced their first Olympic loss together on Sunday to Czech Republic pair Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova, NBC Olympics reports. But the 6-3 6-4 loss – following the sisters’ gold wins as a pair in the 2000 […]