Serena Williams Final Broke All ESPN Tennis Viewing Stats | Nike Serena Tribute Video
/Serena battled ferociously to her last serve in an over three-hour match watched by an average of 4.8 million viewers, making it ESPN’s most-watched tennis match in its 43-year history. The match’s final set had 6.9 million viewers.
After the match, Nike — a Serena sponsor — released the Serena Williams tribute compilation featured here.
Read MoreSerena Is Battling Hard . . . OMG , , , Queen Serena Won . . . She Won . . . She Won!!!!!
/Serena Williams has battled her way back after being down 0-40 against NO. 2 in the rankings, Anett Kontaveit. Serena WON the first set 7-6. Anett Kontaveit won the second set. The crowd is on its feet, yelling and screaming and dancing every ancient dance they can think of on behalf of our Queen Serena Williams.
We are calling up every goddess and god from Africa to South America. Haiti, Brazil, Virginia, Louisiana, Florida, Puerto Rico — give us ALL the most powerful forces in the universe for Serena tonight.
She WON!!!! She WON!!!! She WON!!!! Queen Serena will advance to the third round. We are so proud of her.
Read MoreSerena Williams Utters 'Retirement' in Vogue US September 2022 Cover Story
/Serena Williams did not make her gorgeous appearance in Vogue’s Fall 2022 September fashion issue, styled by Gabriella Karefa-Johnson in images by Luis Alberto Rodriguez [IG] to say farewell.
Yes, Serena does speak of her upcoming retirement, but not because she notes the date. She will play again tomorrow in Toronto at the Canadian Open, aka National Bank Open, after winning her first match in 430 days yesterday, beating Nuria Parrizas Diaz.
Read MoreSerena Williams and Mini-Me Daughter Olympia in Stuart Weitzman Sp 2021 Campaign
/The world’s new dynamic duo Serena Williams and daughter Olympia appear together in a Spring 2021 Stuart Weitzman campaign. "The adventures of Serena and Olympia continue... this time with @stuartweitzman!" Williams said of the new campaign on Instagram.
Indeed, Serena’s 3-year daughter Olympia is a mini-me in their first-ever mommy-daughter joint fashion appearance, launched under the umbrella of Stuart Weitzman’s “Footsteps to Follow” in images by Ethan James Green [IG].
Read MoreSerena Williams Covers British Vogue November 2020 in 'Power & Glory by Zoe Ghertner
/Tennis GOAT Serena Williams covers the November 2020 issue of British Vogue. Julia-Sarr-Jamois styles Williams in images by Zoe Ghertner./ Hair by Vernon Francois; makeup by Fara Homidi
Read MoreSerena Williams Steps Up For Vital Voices; Alexis Ohanian Sr. Resigns Reddit Board
/The power of the project for Serena lies in Stuart Weitzman’s alliance with the Vital Voices Global Partnership Tapped to choose two women leaders to participate with her in the campaign, Williams tapped Ashlee Wisdom and Sage Ke’alohilani Quiamno. Wisdom is the founder of Health in Her Hue, a platform that connects black women to culturally competent health-care providers. Ke’alohilani Quiamno, founder of Future for Us, a civic organization that gives women of color the tools to succeed in the highest levels of corporate and social-sector careers.
Read MoreSerena Williams Is Back In Tennis Winner's Circle At Auckland, Australia
/A good Australia story: Serena Williams won her first title in three years and first since becoming a mother with victory over Jessica Pegula at the ASB Classic in Auckland. Serena’s last tournament win was the Australian Open in January 2017, where she was playing pregnant but didn’t know it yet.
Read MoreSerena Williams Shares The Naked Truth In Essay + Images By Alexi Lubomirski For Harper's UK
/Serena Williams is a lioness, covering the August 2019 issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK for ‘Serena Unretouched: The Naked Truth’. Miguel Enamorado styles the black goddess in unadulterated, head-to-toe glam for images by Alexi Lubomirski.
Read MoreSerena Williams Narrates NIKE 'Dream Crazier' Commercial Debut At 2019 Academy Awards
/Following in the footsteps of Colin Kaepernick’s compelling commercial to debut the 30th anniversary of NIKE’s ‘Just Do It’ Campaign, Serena Williams is the narrator in the brand’s new ‘Dream Crazier’ commercial, which aired Sunday night during the 91st Academy Awards. The newest ‘Just Do It’ ad features prominent trailblazing female athletes including including Williams herself, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon, Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad and other women sports figures expressing emotions including frustration, exhiliaraiton, anger, joy and more during their sporting events.
"If we show emotion, we’re called dramatic," Williams says in the ad. "If we want to play against men, we’re nuts. And if we dream of equal opportunity, we’re delusional. When we stand for something, we’re unhinged. When we’re too good, there’s something wrong with us. And if we get angry, we’re hysterical, irrational, or just being crazy.
"But a woman running a marathon was crazy. A woman boxing was crazy. A woman dunking, crazy. Coaching an NBA team, crazy. A woman competing in a hijab, changing her sport, landing a double-cork 1080, or winning 23 grand slams, having a baby, and then coming back for more, crazy, crazy, crazy, and crazy.
"So if they want to call you crazy, fine. Show them what crazy can do."
Amen, Serena! Thank you, NIKE!
Serena Williams Covers Allure Magazine's February Issue, Lensed By Tanya Posternak
/Serena Williams Covers Allure Magazine's February Issue, Lensed By Tanya Posternak
Super athlete Serena Williams covers the February 2019 issue of Allure Magazine, styled by Zhenya Posternak in images by Tanya Posternak./ Hair by Vernon François
Ashley C Ford conducts the interview Serena Williams: The Power of Unapologetic Greatness. This story has been told a few too many times right about now.
Serena Williams is a powerhouse woman with a lot to say on an infinite number of subjects. Journalists need to live a bit dangerously with her, not trot out the tried and true paragraphs we’ve read 100x by now. Serena doesn’t mess around. Ask her about Colin Kaepernick. Asl her about the NFL . For example, Serena recently sat down with her friend Oscar-winning, hip-hop Renaissance man Common to talk about being black on The Undefeated. Given the title of the Allure article, I would expect something like this to be revealed, as Serena talks about watching ‘Roots’ as a child:
Yeah, we watched all that stuff just to learn about our history. You become proud, you see all the stuff your people went through so you have an opportunity. Like that poem that Maya Angelou said, that we are the hope and the dream of a slave. If you think about what the slave had to go through, and then the life that we are privileged to live — I wouldn’t want to be any other color. There’s no other race, to me, that has such a tough history for hundreds and hundreds of years, and only the strong survive, so we were the strongest and the most mentally tough, and I’m really proud to wear this color every single day of my life.
Dear Journalists. If you want to interview the great Serena Williams, up your own game. ~ Anne