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taught_me_patience

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21. Ok then, how about the 2011 US open finals

Wed Jul 15, 2015, 01:25 PM

Jul 2015

where she berated the head umpire.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/845098-serena-williams-classless-antics-at-us-open-an-embarrassment-for-tennis

or getting called out by Jason Whitlock after the Olympics:
"What Serena did was akin to cracking a tasteless, X-rated joke inside a church," Fox Sports' Jason Whitlock wrote on his blog. "Serena deserved to be called out. What she did was immature and classless."

How about when she didn't give credit to Razzano after getting bounced out of the French?

How about not giving credit to Henin losing to her in the French: Serena: "Nothing worked today. You just have days like that. I don't know what it was. There's really no explanation for it... I just pretty much stood back and let her take advantage of me. And I feel violated. All she had to do was show up."

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Serena Williams Is Today�s Muhammad Ali [View all] Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 OP

I think it's possible, that more than just being a black woman, she is a woman treading in the underahedgerow Jul 2015 #1

^^^This!^^^ Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #3

Ethical and kind? taught_me_patience Jul 2015 #7

Then clearly you haven't watched her play very often. underahedgerow Jul 2015 #8

Ok then, how about the 2011 US open finals taught_me_patience Jul 2015 #21

I don't have a problem with that confrontation. SW always yells 'come on' at herself, sometimes as underahedgerow Jul 2015 #29

She's a tempermental tennis player? sufrommich Jul 2015 #11

If she's tempermental, then it'd be wrong to call her "ethical and kind" taught_me_patience Jul 2015 #22

Do we often use one incident to paint an individual's temperament, or only when it validates our bia LanternWaste Jul 2015 #23

You enjoy your point. All you gotta do is show up. n/t underahedgerow Jul 2015 #32

Well played :-) taught_me_patience Jul 2015 #33

Perfect wasn't included in the discription uponit7771 Jul 2015 #24

I'll give my positive and negative descriptions taught_me_patience Jul 2015 #35

I love Serena. She is amazing. bigwillq Jul 2015 #2

As I Said In Another Post in Another Thread ProfessorGAC Jul 2015 #4

How many young girls are making their way to the tennis court to follow in her brilliant footsteps? Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #6

Geez, I Hope Some! ProfessorGAC Jul 2015 #14

very cool-- have always admired her Fast Walker 52 Jul 2015 #5

I cannot stand tennis as a sport, but she is definitely a role model. alarimer Jul 2015 #9

She gets the same cleverly disguised accusations of "uppityness" sufrommich Jul 2015 #10

No she isn't malaise Jul 2015 #12

Point taken. She's never "put her toe" into the political waters, aside from AA issues. Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #15

Not if she remains a JW - don't hold your breath n/t malaise Jul 2015 #20

You beat me to it. Sports talent and achievement wise, I think she equals him. But in the ways he stevenleser Jul 2015 #17

Good point malaise. cwydro Jul 2015 #26

Indeed. Ali was perhaps the most recognizable person in the world at one time. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #27

And that was before cable or the internet malaise Jul 2015 #37

Ali went to jail for what he believed. At the height of his career. nt Eleanors38 Jul 2015 #28

No, he did not go to prison. He was stripped of his title, but no incarceration. WinkyDink Jul 2015 #31

Thanks. I stand corrected. Eleanors38 Jul 2015 #34

I would argue she in some ways she's better mythology Jul 2015 #13

She's most certainly more 'polite' and soft-spoken than the 'Greatest' was. Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #16

I think some of that was to hype the fights. Boxers and MMA folks trashtalk each other before fights stevenleser Jul 2015 #18

I am very proud of Serena! Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2015 #19

I covet her arm definition. Jester Messiah Jul 2015 #25

I have admired MA since he was Cassius Clay. But surely there were heroic and principled athletes WinkyDink Jul 2015 #30

Not until they make a Hannah Barbera cartoon about her Facility Inspector Jul 2015 #36