Looks like Serena has been infected with that Michelle Obama spirit. (I don't watch the tennis much anymore because I think the US Open has morphed into a show rather than a sporting event. But I did switch over last night during breaks in the Ohio St - USC game so I did see this when it happened and then saw a bit of the aftermath.) Suggesting that Serena Williams and Michelle Obama have anything in common besides their skin color is absurd. SW's skin color has never opened any doors for her and no one with "pull" has ever appointed her to a sweetheart job. She offers nothing and relies on nothing except her ability.
Big deal! Every time she competes, she does it live on stage with lots of people surrounding her, watching and even listening. In the heat of the moment, she said something to someone she probably wishes she hadn't said and would rather not be judged for. She was quite available and contrite after the match answering all sorts of silly questions.
Give her a break; and please don't compare her to Michelle Obama.
ML/NJ
I can understand where you are coming from, and you make a lot of sense.
Here is my take.
I am sick to death of being lectured by the MSM and by sports anchors about how we should admire the Williams sisters, which primarily seems to concentrate not on their victories, but on how they have "broken down barriers into a traditional white sport." (I actually heard that from a commentator on ESPN).
Big deal.
I don't need any "trailblazers" in sports to look up for racial politics.
Moreover, the Williams sisters (and their over bearing father) never really struck me as role models for anything.
Since race is injected into any debate about them, I would have to say that this guy was the real definition of class, sportsmanship, endurance, dignity, and character.
I wish he was still around.
She was not contrite, she was evasive and/or playing dumb. (Why would she feel threatened just because I said I could shove a f’in tennis ball down her f’in throat?)
Then she went on to discuss earlier aspects of the match as if nothing had happened.
The players get fined if they don’t do these post-match pressers - since there was no apology forthcoming, she may have been better off taking the fine in this case. Her words are all on tape and witnessed - she cannot squirm out of what she did.
“She was quite available and contrite after the match answering all sorts of silly questions.”
She was not contrite. Contrite would have meant that she apologized for her boorish behavior. She didn’t even recognize that she had done anything wrong, much less apologize for it. Find the quote of what she actually said (on ESPN’s site)- she clearly threatend the line judge - there is no excuse for such behaviour and there is no excuse for not owning up to it and apologizing to the line judge and to the fans.