Serena Williams is a favorite of YBB but today we’re showing some love to sister Venus. The older Williams sister handled Lucie Safarova 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Australian Open. The highlight of the match came when Venus bent over in preparation for a serve.

From Deadspin via Hotties in Cleats:

It’s not Serena but(t) it’ll have to do for today. I’m guessing Venus sports undershorts in her next match.

Venus and Serena Williams are following in the footsteps of Deion Sanders and Bo Jackson by becoming two sport stars. The ladies have joined the Double Stuffed Racing League and seem to be taking it very seriously. The DSRL already features Peyton and Eli Manning, and now the brothers should expect a challege from the Williams sisters.

I’m not really into the DSRL. I tried picking it up last season but the league was weak with most of the best players living in third world countries. And besides, I know the Oreo people aren’t concerned with who wins the Double Stuffed race. They just wanted to pass a subliminal double stuffed oreo image on to consumers.

Venus Williams, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Serena Williams, youtube

Wyclef Jean of Fugees fame has written a new anthem, Venus (I’m Ready), in honor of tennis star Venus Williams. The song will be used throughout Venus’ run at the U.S. Open.

Wyclef Jean and Venus Williams met during a taping of the Sundance Channel’s “Iconoclasts”, a show that pairs two famous people from different fields for a conversation about their crafts and lives. The show and the song have left Venus very impressed with Wyclef.

“I have been a fan of Wyclef’s for many years, from his work with the Fugees to his success as a solo artist,” said Venus Williams. “He’s a fantastic writer, singer, producer and performer whose music crosses genres and touches people’s lives. I am specially impressed by Wyclef’s dedication to humanitarian causes and his strong sense of character. I was so happy to meet Wyclef and work with him on our ‘Iconoclasts’ episode but not even in my wildest imagination, did I expect that such a beautiful song would be one of the outcomes from meeting Wyclef. He is an amazing human being and it is truly an honor for me to be recognized in such a wonderful way by such a gifted musician and exceptional person.”

I don’t know if Hank Kuehne and Venus Williams are still together but if they are, Hank’s in trouble… Venus sounds sprung.

Now that Serena Williams sees her big sis with a Wyclef Jean theme song I wonder if she’ll counter with something from Will I Am or go with the classic Tennis Ball I.

Venus Williams, Wyclef Jean, I’m Ready

Venus and Serena Williams will face each other in the Wimbledon final for the third time in their careers. Saturday will mark the seventh time the sisters have battled in a Grand Slam final with the younger Serena holding a 5-1 record over big sis. Venus Williams is a five-time Wimbledon champion, but it’s gonna take every bit of her record setting serve for her to beat Serena for her sixth title.

People have said Serena and Venus play against each other like the outcome is predetermined. Venus Williams is quick to shoot down that theory.

“Our main focus is obviously both of us getting to the final. Then, from there, it’s every Williams for themself.”

You would think that Venus and Serena’s father Richard Williams would be front and center for the match, but the only thing he hates more than the white man is watching his daughters go head-to-head.

“I can’t stand to watch them play. I can never do that. It makes me nervous.”

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The Sony Ericsson WTA enlisted some of the hottest women in the game for their new “Looking For A Hero?” commercials. Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, and Ana Ivanovic and 10 other players answer the call to transform into “super tennis stars”. I was hoping for a few more bikini shots as in at least one, but 13 hot tennis players in one commercial will have to do.

:30 version #1:

:30 version #2:

The making of the “Looking for a hero?” commercial:

Ana Ivanovic, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, Anna Chakvetadze, Jelena Jankovic, commercial, youtube, Sony Ericsson

Richard Williams, the father of Venus and Serena Williams, has never been one to bite his tongue. It doesn’t matter to Richard if he sounds like a fool to us, he’s gonna say what he has to say. Remember the time he was arguing with a judge in court?

Serena and Venus were recently in India playing tennis and doing some modeling. Unfortunately for them Papa Williams was there too and doing interviews. He spoke with the Deccan Herald and let me tell you, he was in the zone.

On how his daughters are treated in tennis:

Tennis is a prejudice game. Well, I’m Black and I’m prejudiced, very prejudiced. I’ll be always prejudiced as the White man. The White man hated me all my life and I hate him. That’s no secret. I’m not even an American, it just so happens that I was born in America. People are prejudiced in tennis. I don’t think Venus or Serena was ever accepted by tennis. They never will be. But if you get some little White no good trasher in America like Tracy Austin or Chris Evert who cannot hit the ball, they will claim this is great.

On Venus and Serena after tennis:

There were taught that there is a life behind the baseline. If you look at most of your tennis players when they are finished playing tennis, where are they going? Look at (John) McEnroe, (Martina) Navratilova, Vijay Amritraj, look at all of them. All their lives they have been in sports, where are they now? Do you want that for your child?
You go spend 20 years playing tennis and another 20 years announcing tennis, that is 40 years of your life, you mean, you never learnt anything else!?

Skipping right over the “f you whitey” section of his rant, it’s hilarious to hear a guy that’s famous only because of his daughters calling out people that have dedicated their lives to tennis for not learning anything else. What the hell has Richard Williams ever done besides make two hot daughters?.. I mean, besides go on racist tirades that make John Rocker say “whoa, dude, Richard, tone it down.”

People in the tennis world are prejudiced. Courtesy of the Deccan Herald

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Roger Rasheed is lucky that he works in Australia and not in the United States. The tennis announcer was openly ogling Venus Williams’ chocolate covered apple at the Australian Open. Channel 7 did receive a lot of phone calls complaining about Mr. Rasheed’s comments but no actions will be taken against him… But he’ll probably be suspended for a few weeks after he gets to call a Serena Williams match.

Announcer Roger Rasheed Likes Venus Williams’ Ass. Courtesy of Larry Brown Sports

Australian Open: Commentator Roger Rasheed Enjoys Venus Williams’ Booty (Video). Courtesy of Faniq

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It’s been a few post since I’ve written about Venus and Serena Williams.. I know, I know, my bad. There’s nothing too newsworthy going on with the ladies, but any excuse to post their pics works for me.

Venus Williams is in Hong Kong playing in something called the JB Group Classic. During an interview session, the questions were about the Australian Open, Serena, and match fixing in tennis. Venus said that she’ll be battling sister Serena for the number one ranking all season, and the two will play doubles a lot more this year. As far as match fixing goes, Venus doesn’t believe the hype.

“No. I don’t think it is a big thing for tennis, to be honest. I think we are OK, I don’t see it as a problem. I don’t think about it per se,”

Serena Williams is tuning up for the Australian Open in Perth, Australia. Serena’s partnering with Mardy Fish in the $1 Million International Tennis Federation mixed-teams event, and she really wants to win the tournament. Not because she’s overly competitive, but because the winners get diamond encrusted tennis balls as a prize. Serena won one before, but depending on which story you go with, Serena gave the ball to her mom or her mom took the ball. Mix in Venus getting this

from the new Wimbledon line of jewelry, and Serena is hellbent on winning another diamond ball.

Corruption not a problem. Courtesy of Sport I Africa

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Venus Williams graduated from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale about 2 weeks ago, but as you all know, a graduation isn’t official without a party. Venus attended the celebration with her sister Serena Williams and boyfriend/golfer Hank Kuehne. Venus and H.K. have been together for awhile so there wasn’t a guess who’s coming to the graduation party moment.. Although, I could see Richard Williams being pissed off about Venus dating Hank Kuehne.. Richard didn’t raise his strong, black daughter to be getting milked by guys that can barely crack 8gs on the Nationwide Tour.

Venus’ Graduation Bash. Courtesy of Concrete Loop

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Venus and Serena Williams are caught up in some sort of contractual legal mess about somebody signing or not signing some documents. All I can tell from the video is that Richard Williams was trying to channel his inner John McEnroe, and he was taught to tell the truth. The judge, who stays aggy, was on the verge of throwing R-Dub in the clink. My favorite part of the video took place right after Mr. Williams banged on the judge’s desk:

Judge: Mr. Williams, please don’t put me in an awkward circumstance.
RW: Don’t put me in one either.

That was about the time the court deputy started to move towards Richard Williams.. I thought it was about to go down.. Luckily for pops, Serena was there to save him from a contempt of court charge at the minimum, and a court ordered videotaped beatdown in the worst case scenario.

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