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SNIP What is a Crip walk? The earliest videos of the dance known as a ‘Crip walk’ is from Henry ‘Crip’ Heard, a Harlem dance legend who lost an arm and a leg in a car accident. This was later adopted by The Crips, an alliance of California street gangs who are often defined by their deadly rivalry with The Bloods. Crip walking is an elaborate set of footwork which in many cases sees the dancer spelling out C-R-I-P with their feet. It was originally created by Crip members to communicate with one another but, over the years, has seeped...

She was in the city of kings and queens. People were sipping champagne and eating strawberries and cream. And Serena Williams had just ascended to the throne of tennis, becoming the second woman after Steffi Graf to win all four Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold in singles. Over the previous 63 minutes on the hallowed grounds of Wimbledon, Williams had absolutely obliterated the Russian superstar Maria Sharapova. She’d death-stared down the blonde, leggy Barbie doll, sending lasers down the line, making Sharapova lunge all over the court, hitting left when Sharapova was running right, and then, with a...