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Shamil Tarpischev, the head of the Russian Tennis Federation, is in trouble this morning, having received a one year suspension and a $25K fine for comments he made earlier in the week. While appearing on a talk show, Tarpischev dropped in some ill timed one liners about the highly ranked Williams sisters, Serena and Venus. Serena Williams says comments by the head of the Russian Tennis Federation referring to her and older sister Venus as “brothers” were bullying, sexist and racist, and that she supported the one-year suspension imposed by the WTA against the official.Shamil Tarpischev was also fined...

Everyone at the US Open is trying to figure out who has the edge in Sunday's preposterously early battle of the Williams sisters, a fourth-round encounter, the earliest they've met in a slam in more than seven years. Serena has won the last five matches they've played in Grand Slams, all finals, and has a winning record over her sister, 8-6. But, Venus won the last time they played, their only meeting this year in Miami. Serena owns seven Grand Slams to her sister's five and won this year's Australian Open, the other Grand Slam on hard courts. But Venus...

US tennis icons Venus and Serena Williams are set to give the public a sneak peek into their private world as the latest celebrities to star in their own reality television show. The sisters are the main attractions of Venus and Serena: For Real which premieres on American ABC Family this week. The network said today: "Venus and Serena take you off the court and into their private lives for an up-close and personal look at who they really are. "There's more to their lives than tennis, a lot more." The station promised viewers would see the famous siblings "like...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Serena Slam or Sister Slam - no matter what you call it, Serena Williams is truly grand.Williams survived an error-filled match to beat elder sister Venus 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-4 Saturday to win the Australian Open for her fourth straight major championship.Serena added the title to the French Open, U.S. Open and Wimbledon crowns she won last year, all against her sister.This marked only the sixth time a woman has held all four of tennis' major championships at the same time, and the first since Steffi Graf in 1994.After Venus slumped through four straight errors in...

Anybody watching the US Open. I thought the opening was really moving. Aretha Franklin is a great singer and I really enjoyed the whole flag ceremony. It's a great event because its in NY city and the final is ALL AMERICAN, on both the Mens and Womens sides. The whole event was a the antidote to the whole whining reparations rally in Washington a few weeks ago. The world is tuning it to watch Black excellence. Excellenct in tennis, excellence in singing with both Aretha and the Harlems Boys Choir. America loves excellence, a great attitude and hard work. Really,...