Serena Williams News
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TheGrio's 100: Serena Williams, the first lady of tennis
8:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Serena Williams' temperament flows in waves of streaming definition. All emotion. All defiance. All heart...
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Serena Williams wins second straight Australian Open
9:05 AM on 01/30/2010
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Serena Williams won her second straight Australian Open championship, ending Justine Henin's hopes of a Grand Slam title in her return...
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Venus, Serena win doubles title at Australian Open
11:20 AM on 01/29/2010
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The Williams sisters won their fourth Australian Open doubles title on Friday, beating Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-4, 6-3 in the final at Rod Laver Arena....
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Serena, Venus advance to Aussie Open quarters
7:48 AM on 01/25/2010
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The Williams wins extended a streak in which at least one American woman has reached the Australian Open quarterfinals every year since 1977...
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AP: Serena Williams is the female athlete of year
10:21 AM on 12/22/2009
(AP) - Playing her best at the most important events, Serena Williams re-established herself as the top player in women's tennis in 2009...
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Serena faces more fines and 2-year probation for tirade
9:43 AM on 11/30/2009
Serena Williams was fined at least a record $82,500 for her U.S. Open tirade and could be suspended from that tournament if she has another "major offense" ...
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Serena Williams tops single-season prize money mark in women's tennis
2:18 PM on 11/02/2009
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) - Serena Williams has set the record for single-season prize money in women's tennis by topping $6.5 million in 2009...
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Serena reclaims No. 1 rank
1:07 PM on 10/06/2009
Serena Williams reclaimed her No. 1 ranking with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Ekaterina Makarova of Russia in the second round of the China Open on Tuesday...
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This week in black Hollywood - 9/18/09
12:49 PM on 09/18/2009
We get the latest on the African American buzz in hollywood from our friends at HipHollywood.com. This week's update gives us the scoop on MTV's Video Music Award's mishaps with Kanye West & Lil Mama, Serena William's US Open outburst, Lauren London and Lil Wayne's bouncing baby boy, Whitney's Oprah...
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Serena talks about outburst, Kanye, and her new book
12:45 PM on 09/17/2009
VIDEO - In New York City, theGrio caught up with Serena Williams as she celebrates gracing the cover of a new magazine and a new book...
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Kanye sparks an explosion of racism online
8:05 AM on 09/15/2009
OPINION - After the MTV Video Music Awards, Twitter erupted into a cesspool of racism. Racism hasn't gone away, it has just gone online.
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Stop hating on black female athletes
7:44 AM on 09/15/2009
OPINION - We need to stop putting black women in a box. They don't all belong in the socially dirty box, and they don't belong in the pure, sweet and innocent box.
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Serena Williams slapped with $10,000 fine for outburst
9:00 AM on 09/14/2009
Serena Williams' profanity-laced, finger-pointing tirade at a U.S. Open linesperson drew a $10,000 fine Sunday, and more punishment could follow...
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Serena loses match, threatens to shove ball down official's throat
7:00 AM on 09/13/2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- Serena Williams walked toward the line judge, screaming, cursing and shaking a ball in the official's direction, threatening to "shove it down" her throat...
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Florida sisters may be the "Venus and Serena" of golf
7:48 AM on 09/05/2009
VIDEO - With the U.S. Open underway in New York this week, it's hard to imagine a time when Venus and Serena Williams weren't household names...
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Williams sisters and James Blake ready for the U.S. Open
12:11 PM on 08/28/2009
Venus and Serena Williams, James Blake and others came to Bryant Park to show off their tennis skills before the US Open starts on Monday.
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theGrio Reflects: Arthur Ashe talks about blacks in tennis
7:15 AM on 07/04/2009
As sisters Venus and Serena Williams battle each other yet again for another grand-slam title at Wimbledon, we look back at black tennis icon Arthur Ashe. An avid civil rights supporter and AIDS activist, Ashe was born on July 10, 1943. He remains the only African American player to win...
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Williams' sisters battle it out at Wimbledon...again
8:14 AM on 07/03/2009
Venus Williams is just about the perfect older sibling: She supports Serena endlessly, protects her fiercely, and even lets her little sister pick which bedroom she wants when they're on the road.
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