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A mystery illness has taken Serena Williams out of the game at Wimbledon. The tennis champ was devastated to check out of the competition early…

Black women are winning on the newsstands this week! A day after Lupita Nyong’o was named People magazine’s Most Beautiful Person of 2014, TIME magazine crowned Beyoncé to lead their annual “100 Most…

They are the Associated Press Female and Male Athletes of the Year and this was written about them and their honor: She went 78-4 with 11 titles, including at the French Open and US Open, raising her Grand Slam championship total to 17,”  “She compiled a 34-match winning streak. She earned more than $12 million […]

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Serena Williams ends the best season of her career with 11 titles! According to reports, the tennis star won her second straight WTA Championship crown…

Grade: A Venus Vs.  (ESPN Films) The Elder Williams sister proves that she is an icon on and off center court Film Review by African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Everyone knows about the Williams Sisters and their rise out of south-central LA to become supreme goddesses of the tennis world. Although the recently released […]

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Maria Sharapova has fired back against comments made by Serena Williams by accusing her of being a homewrecker who shouldn’t throw stones, reports the New…

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In a wide-ranging interview for ‘Rolling Stone,’ legendary tennis player Serena Williams joins a growing list of famous apologists by speculating on the morals of…

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This Black History Month, NewsOne takes a look back at the top African-American moments from 2000 to 2012. Some will make you happy while others…

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So exactly who is this 19-year-old young tennis whiz kid Sloane Stephens (pictured)?  Do we know much about the young dynamo who beat Serena Williams (both pictured below),…

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Although Serena Williams has supported Taylor Townsend, The U.S. Tennis Association is denying her the opportunity to play tennis because of her weight.  Taylor is the number one ranked girls junior tennis player and won the Australian Open juniors tournament. Read more here on Newsone.com

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In the frenzied days since Dominique Dawes, the first African-American gymnast to win a gold medal in Olympics history, cried a river of deep emotion over…