by admin | Dec 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Serena Williams didn’t have the best of years when compared to her usually high standards following an injury-disrupted campaign, but the tennis great still appears to be untouchable at the top of the all-time WTA career-prize money earners. The 23-time Grand Slam...
by admin | Dec 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Not long after Serena Williams’ name was absent from the entry list for the Australian Open, she confirmed the obvious: the seven-time champion won’t play the 2022 edition of the season-opening major in January. The 40-year-old Williams hasn’t played since retiring...
by admin | Dec 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
From launching fashion brands to inking production deals, tennis powerhouse Serena Williams has expanded her repertoire beyond the realm of sports, and her next project will be centered on empowering youth through literature. According to People, she’s releasing a...
by admin | Dec 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Some may wonder why the long-awaited biopic about the legendary Williams sisters focused through the viewpoint of their father, Richard Williams. But to Serena Williams, that was the only way the story of their ascension to tennis royalty could have been told. In King...
by admin | Nov 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
On a recent episode of Victoria Secret’s VS Voices podcast, tennis superstar Naomi Osaka expressed her frustrations with the discriminatory behavior that women face in pro sports. Back in 2018, as we previously reported at The Root, Osaka faced off against Serena...
by admin | Nov 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The 2021 tennis season is officially over, and what a year it was. From history-making quests to the emergence of what looks to be the next generation of superstars, this season was one to remember. Even with the absence of household names such as Venus and Serena...
by admin | Nov 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Tennis star Naomi Osaka is addressing the challenge of being a woman in sports. The 24-year-old talked about the double standards for men and women in the athletic world on the Victoria’s Secret VS Voices Podcast last week. During the podcast, Osaka recalled her...
by admin | Nov 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
There were moments during the production of “King Richard” that Isha Price was so struck by the slight stoop in the posture of actor Will Smith and his distinctive Shreveport, La., dialect that she almost called him “Daddy.” That, after all, was what she and her four...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Serena Williams is still haunted by her experience at Indian Wells in 2001 and the mental anguish she says she endured when returning to the California event in 2015 after a lengthy boycott. “Even when I went back 14 years later, it was very traumatizing,”...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Venus and Serena Williams have shared their mental health advice for Simone Biles, who professed to being a ‘big fan’ of the sisters and wanted to know how they ‘keep going, especially when [they] need a mental health break.’ The tennis...
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