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CNN Salutes 'X On My Back' Serena Williams, Who 'Outlasted Tom Brady'
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| Mark Finkelstein
Posted on 09/03/2022 8:39:08 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
As Serena Williams' her playing career ended Friday night, there's a good case to be made that she is the greatest female player of all time.
Even so, facts still matter. And in extolling Serena, CNN got one fact glaringly wrong. Co-host John Berman brought on CNN sports correspondent Carolyn Manno, who claimed:
"What Brianna [Keilar] said at the top, the longevity piece, is so important. Because she is in the pantheon of all-time greats. But she has outlasted Michael Jordan and Tom Brady."
Serena has outlasted Tom Brady??
Serena is retiring at age 40. Tom Brady is 45, and is about to begin his 22nd season in the NFL, playing as the starting QB of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Very strong 300-pounders will be looking to pound him into the turf—something that rarely occurs on a tennis court.
CNN also focused on Serena saying in her post-match interview that throughout her career, she has been playing with "an X on my back."
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To: SaxxonWoods
All I know is Bobby Riggs threw that match against Billie Jean King, and apparently made a mint betting against himself.
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posted on
09/03/2022 9:40:20 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: T.B. Yoits
Holyfield’s jaw isn’t as strong as Serena’s.
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posted on
09/03/2022 9:46:10 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: governsleastgovernsbest
As far as I'm concerned she's not worth a pimple on a bull's ass. Hope this is the end of her.
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posted on
09/03/2022 9:59:05 AM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: cherry
It seems that when a woman gets up there in the props dept certain types gotta go overboard and spoil whatever was her accomplishment.
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posted on
09/03/2022 10:08:48 AM PDT
by
TalBlack
(We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Yeah, but Brady doesn’t have near the big fat ugly mouth and despicable demeanor of this gal.
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posted on
09/03/2022 10:10:36 AM PDT
by
dforest
To: dfwgator
...yea, watched in college bar where i lost $20 on that bet to a, you guessed it, a gurl! NEVER bet again on ANY such ‘setup’! Ha!
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posted on
09/03/2022 10:11:29 AM PDT
by
apostoli
(When the Saxon awakes, continents will BURN!)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Such a Sportsman!
d:^)
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posted on
09/03/2022 10:14:31 AM PDT
by
apostoli
(When the Saxon awakes, continents will BURN!)
To: basalt
Court is one of only three players in history (all women) to have won the "Grand Slam Boxed Set", consisting of every Grand Slam title (the singles, doubles and mixed doubles). Court, however, is the only one in tennis history to complete a Multiple Grand Slam set, twice, in all three disciplines. Uniquely, she won all 12 as an amateur and then after a period of retirement, returned as a professional to win all 12 again. Court is also one of only six tennis players ever to win a Multiple Grand Slam set in two disciplines, matching Roy Emerson, Martina Navratilova, Frank Sedgman, Doris Hart, and Serena Williams. Court is by far the best woman tennis player ever, but... she is a Christian Minister, so there is that.
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posted on
09/03/2022 10:38:48 AM PDT
by
USS Alaska
(NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
How about Monica Seles with an actual knife in her back. Much worse than an X wouldn’t you say? Oh wait! that doesn’t matter, Seles was white. I lost my head for a minute.
To: ConservativeInPA
“She’s black trash and ugly too. Her ass doesn’t fit her body. Whatever happened to ladies?”
You’re a peach.
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posted on
09/03/2022 10:55:34 AM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: lump in the melting pot
I don’t recall Tom Brady ever threatening to shove a football up a sideline ref’s ass Well at least he would shrink the ball first.
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posted on
09/03/2022 10:56:18 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: SaxxonWoods
“Didn’t Billy Riggs beat Chris Evert with a bunch of chairs on his side of the court?”
I do remember that Bobby Riggs beat Margaret Court in 1973, before losing later to Billie Jean King.
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posted on
09/03/2022 10:58:49 AM PDT
by
riverdawg
(Wells Fargo is my bank and I have no complaints.)
To: riverdawg
I do remember that Bobby Riggs beat Margaret Court in 1973, before losing later throwing the match to Billie Jean King.
Fixed it.
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posted on
09/03/2022 10:59:42 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
That's Mike Tyson in a wig.
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posted on
09/03/2022 11:15:36 AM PDT
by
UnwashedPeasant
(The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Please, please, will the day EVER come when I do not have to see her hideous face plastered everywhere in the media????
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posted on
09/03/2022 11:22:18 AM PDT
by
rod5591
To: dfwgator
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posted on
09/03/2022 11:25:55 AM PDT
by
governsleastgovernsbest
(Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
To: Rummyfan
When you’re supposedly the best you always have an x on your back.
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Yup, true ray’s sis virtue signal their love of folks they do not associate with
To: Rummyfan
I’ve heard it’s the goal of every tennis player to defeat the opponent. It’s probably a lot of hooey and they’re just supposed to let Serena win.
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Didn’t Serena kill somebody in a car crash or was that her sister?
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posted on
09/03/2022 2:01:34 PM PDT
by
Roman_War_Criminal
(Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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