TAG: Venus Williams
By Scoop Malinowski 42-year-old Venus Williams revived her tennis career which was on the brink of disaster. Now ranked 1003, the former World no. 1 defeated 21-year-old American Katie Volynets 7-6(4) 6-2 for her first WTA Tour-level win in more than a year at the ASB Classic in Auckland. After working hard training in the […] Continue to read full article...
AO · Compton · USA · Venus Williams · Wilson tennis
Bryant McKinnie is widely recognized as a dominant NFL offensive line force with exceptional blocking abilities. Having enjoyed a largely successful career in the NFL, which spanned over a decade from 2002-2013, he earned superb accolades such as a Super Bowl victory (2012 season), a Pro Bowl appearance, and being recognized in the unanimous All-American […] Continue to read full article...
Bryant McKinnie · Minnesota Vikings · NFL · Super Bowl · Venus Williams
By Scoop Malinowski American top tennis gun Reilly Opelka says one of his biggest inspiration figures is not Federer, Agassi, Nadal or Laver, but Venus Williams. In a recent Inside Tennis interview, the 24 year old American currently ranked no. 17 (best of all American players) expressed high respect for his personal friend Venus. “She’s […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Reilly Opelka · US Open · Venus Williams · Wimbledon · WTA
Feb/22
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Biofile Venus Williams Interview 1997
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(Note: This Biofile was done at the WTA Finals at Madison Square Garden where Venus was invited to attend for publicity reasons but was not ranked high enough to compete yet.) By Scoop Malinowski Status: Currently ranked 467. Has won Wimbledon five times and US Open twice. Also won fourteen Grand Slam doubles titles and […] Continue to read full article...
American tennis · US Open · US Tennis · Venus Williams · Wilson tennis · Wimbledon
The “King Richard” film about Richard Williams and his two tennis champion daughters Serena and Venus was a massive financial flop. Released last November, the tennis themed film with a $50,000,000 production budget failed to capture the imagination of the public. For it’s first weekend, King Richard generated a profit if $5.4m, not enough to […] Continue to read full article...
Hollywood · King Richard · Richard Williams · Serena Williams · Venus Williams · Warner Brothers
Oct/18
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When Hingis Said There’s No Racism in Tennis and Being Black Helps The Williams
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By Scoop Malinowski Back in 2001 after the Indian Wells incident, where the crowd booed the Williams family for suspecting a family fix was in play when Venus withdrew from her semifinal vs sister Serena shortly before the match was about to be played, stiffing the public who paid top dollar for their tickets. Allegations […] Continue to read full article...
