Lol you need to get your vision checked out mate. Pova isn't anywhere near rihanna in terms of looks. She's not even hotter than kournikova for flip sake. When kournikova was on the scene she was talked about by everyone and not just tennis fans. Pova isn't. Get a grip of yourself. Most everyone in the world would choose rihanna in a heartbeat over pova
That will look great on that one shelf Maria will enjoy at Newport, while #Serena will have an entire exhibit devoted to her historic career. Honestly, there isn't a lot of difference in lifestyle after you hit $10 million, but Maria's underwhelming tennis career will largely be forgotten about 10 years after she retires. Everyone will always remember Serena. #Dust
Do you mean German/European Steffi Graf?Welcome back grannyb! Where you been? The nice folks at "Tennis Forum" kick you out already?
No CYGS... no "historic career". That title still belongs to Steffi Graf.
And to topic, Serena will be "remembered" for a lot of things, which is one reason Sugarpova earns more in endorsements.
It's easy to refute it, you obviously don't know how to read: I said that Woods earns a ton from endorsement, unjustly so currently, since, like Pova, he is nowhere near the top player(and, in his case, there are dozens of better players) and has ab unsavory character. So, in that regard, they are similar. But, as I also said, at least Woods was once the world's best player for a significant period of time, so at least advertisers can make the argument that they're paying him for what he once WAS, as opposed to who he is now. Even people who don't follow golf might know his name. None of this true of Pova, she has NEVER been the best player for a significant period of time, was slaughtered in her prime by a contemporary(not true of woods), earns considerably less on the court than said contemporary(not true of Woods), and, of course, is female, where sex appeal(or, should I say, sex appeal judged by a white, male dominated advertising world) comes into play. So, your comparison is a stupid one on many levels, and you're clearly incapable of understanding that. Pity. And, btw, you lied, yet again, Pova is NOT the # 2 player in the world, either de facto nor de jure.
And, last but not least, it's comical how you've suddenly dummied up re: your hilariously incorrect claim that Mayweather earns a lot from endorsements. What's the matter, cat got your tongue?
My point (and many others) is that the discrepancy comes from many factors.
You have done nothing to prove that the other factors play no role in the discrepancy and further more have done ZERO to PROVE it is PRIMARILY because of race.
Remember those that make the accusations bear the burden of proof.
Someone needs a bong hit
From: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/09/ser...arapova-earns-10-million-more-in-endorsements
Obviously because she's like the only chinese player to win a major since chang, and china is oh only the BIGGEST economy in the world? How the hell does that not make sense? Chinese people aren't racist against Chinese people.
I'm struggling to find a point in your diatribe.
Your argument is silly and isn't founded in any facts. If you want to wank towards theoretical slights, then I'm sure you can find other people in some corner of the internet who are willing to indulge you.
As someone going to school for psychology and having a background in social psychology, this is kind of a rediculous statement. I suggest you start here and do your own research about implicit racism in the united states and elsewhere, especially towards african americans and other minority groups.
Ok sure. I'm not going to get anything out of this discussion and clearly others can't understand my ideas. Regardless who is "right" or who is "wrong" it's a complete waste of my time. I hope you learn something about implicit associations and consequently implicit racism.
If Stan Wawrinka "suddenly" became the most marketable player in the world, I would find it strange, because it would be a very sudden change. That said, the comparison is apples to oranges, because Sharapova did not "suddenly" get more popular than Serena. She's been more popular.
Busier than normal this year because we went to Flushing Meadow. We have a new yoga instructor and the women's auxiliary of my church is organizing a fundraiser for the missionary fund.
#No.The nice folks at "Tennis Forum" kick you out already?
No CYGS this year. Serena already has the historic career. Her future remains very, very bright. I hope Maria recovers from that horrible leg injury. The media makes it sound like she's had some type of secret surgery. That's what the street is saying, anyway.
Painfully-speaking, while #Maria was selling her lady parts to Sports Illustrated as a teenager, #Serena used her athleticism and intelligence to make tennis history. Both women extremely rich, #Maria can always look back fondly on those five great moments she had in tennis. #Dust
Probably because sex appeal is more than having a great ass.
Someone needs a bong hit
I notice you dear, it's ok.
Serena Williams is the worst kind of loser — the one who wants to bask in the adulation of an adoring media when she wins, then acts put out when she has to answer to the same press after she loses. Look up to Serena for her athleticism, for her power, for her courage, for her tenacity and for being the greatest female athlete of a generation. But don’t look up to her sportsmanship. It’s her weakest link. Everyone has them.
Serena is 44-3 at the U.S. Open since 2008, a mark which includes four dominant title wins. But those three losses are all memorable in their own way: In the 2009 semifinal, Serena was down 4-6, 4-5, 15-30 against Kim Clijsters when she was called for a foot fault on a second serve. Set into a rage, Serena menacingly stared down the linejudge who made the call and said “I’m going to take this ball and shove it down your [expletive] throat” among other sentiments.
After a brief discussion with the chair, Serena was assessed a point penalty (she had already had one violation in the match) and that point gave the match to Clijsters.
Fast forward two years to Serena’s next U.S. Open (injury caused her to miss the 2010 event). She was down a set and a break (notice a pattern?) to Sam Stosur in the final when she appeared to save a break point at 0-2, 30-40 in the second set. But chair umpire Eva Asderaki called Serena for hindrance — she had yelled “come on” when Stosur still had a realistic chance to make a return. (The hindrance call was correct. The foot fault was — debatable.)
Some of the best quotes from her multiple tirades to the chair:
• “Are you the one who screwed me over last time?” (She wasn’t.)
• “If you ever see me walking down the hall, look the other way because you’re out of control, you’re out of control. You’re a hater and you’re just unattractive inside.”
“You get a code violation because I express who I am. We’re in America last I checked.”
• “‘Really, don’t even look at me. I promise you don’t look at me because I am not — don’t look my way.”
She’d go on to lose in straight sets and, despite being on probation from the 2009 incident, only received a paltry $2,000 fine — or exactly 1/700th of the $1.4 million she earned at the Open that year.
Despite being given multiple opportunities to apologize over the years, Serena has refused to do so, except in the perfunctory way of apologizing to people who may have been offended, not directly to the persons who were certainly offended: the two women she threatened, however flippantly.
Those incidents were six and four years ago, respectively. Serena hasn’t had a similar outburst since and has warmed her image, making sure photographers see her with her dog Chip, at basketball games with new bestie Caroline Wozniacki and having tea with Kim Kardashian before the U.S. Open semifinal. These are all carefully choreographed media moments, intent on letting the world get to know the “real” Serena. And that’s fine. But life isn’t all about courtside seats and trips to the beach. Reality inevitability comes a-callin’.
So when Williams was upset at the U.S. Open on Friday, by an Italian journeywoman who didn’t even have betting odds on her before the tournament, she should give the press the time it deserves. The media fawns all over her, so the least she can do is reciprocate when there’s a big story at hand. Instead, Serena blew them off, going on for about three minutes in press before cutting off questions, ending her own interview and leaving the National Tennis Center.
Was it a tough loss? Absolutely. But it wasn’t the only one at the Open. Here’s a chart showing the amount of total words spoken at press conferences of various U.S. Open losers.
Roger Federer’s loss was just as crushing and he takes questions in three languages. Vinci speaks broken English and handled questions with aplomb. Serena barely sat down long enough for her seat to get warm. Her sister, Venus, spoke four times as long after her quarterfinal loss to her sister than Serena did after her loss. (Take a note on how to lose with class from Vee, Serena.)
What does that prove by itself? Nothing. But when looking at everything but together, it’s quite telling.
This is not a post to say Serena Williams is a bad person or that she’s not worthy of your adulation. Kids should certainly look up to her as a role model for both athletics and life. But they should also realize role models aren’t perfect and that we all have flaws — Serena’s come out on the court, which, in the long run, is a far better place than anywhere else.
Yet those moments — threatening the line judge, insulting the chair umpire, blowing off the press — should be every bit as career defining as the 21 Grand Slam wins. (All we do is talk about John McEnroe saying “you cannot be serious,” which barely compares to what Serena said.) Yelling at a line judge shows just as much about Serena as any victory and tells a story that’s even more interesting than the one Team Serena would rather be reading. It’s the champion with a temper. The winner who can’t stand to lose, perhaps so much that she creates excuses for herself (see: Wimbledon, last year).
Instead, these things are glossed over. When’s the last time you heard a reference to the 2009 incident? You’ll never see video unless you hunt it down on YouTube. You might hear mention of the Asderaki beef, but only in a passing wink-wink sort of way, like how football announcers talk about the point spread without talking about the point spread.
I don’t mind feistiness or temper tantrums. I quite like them, in fact. It shows a real person is underneath that facade of calm. But if you are that way, own it. And if you want all the attention when you win, you have to deal with it when you lose.
I'm glad you find my traits lovely. After all it's the main reason you can't stop thinking about me
Ahhh. Wikipedia, the source for all scholars
Yeah because lebron james and the nba single handedly disproves any controversies in the ferguson case, any number of the black violence crimes, the james blake case, and disproves ideas studied and put forth by professors at yale etc. Im actually planning on doing research with my aunt at yale in a few years but alas i digress.
He shot and killed a man on the street. There are conflicting reports as to the situation of the shooting.
