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World-renowned tennis player Venus Williams is now entering the world of beauty. Williams, who owns EleVen, a fashion-forward activewear brand that makes tennis apparel to empower women to perform better, has now added skin care to her growing empire. The superstar athlete has collaborated with Credo Beauty to create a sunscreen suitable for all skin…

The legend and the phenom squared off in the first round of a major tennis tournament again, this time at the Australian Open in Melbourne. The youngest player on tour, Cori “Coco” Gauff, 15, and the oldest player, Venus Williams, 39, were both dumbfounded that they could possibly get the same draw as they did…

Tennis star Naomi Osaka at 2019 US Open (Photo by Derrel Johnson for Steed Media Service)

Serena Williams is looking capture her 24th career singles title and her seventh US Open title after facing Maria Sharapova last night in the opening round of the 2019 US Open. Williams, who turns 38 next month, dismantled Sharapova 6-1, 6-1, in opening round action last night and is favored to win the 2019 US…

Cori “Coco” Gauff’s magical Wimbledon run ended after a loss to No. 7 Simona Halep on Monday, July 8. Gauff was one round shy of the quarterfinals in her first appearance at the tournament. Despite showing flickers of brilliance, Gauff was unable to find her rhythm as she had done in previous matches. Halep, 27,…

The youngest girl at Wimbledon has just defeated the oldest. Previously unknown 15-year-old tennis phenom Cori “Coco” Gauff vanquished 39-year-old Venus Williams in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, in the opening round of the Grand Slam tournament on Monday, July 1, 2019. Gauff was going for her first Wimbledon match win against a woman, Venus, who…

Venus Williams has invested in the self-care range Asutra. The 38-year-old tennis ace has announced that she is the chief brand officer at the wellness company, which launched in 2015, and now the star has revealed that the collaboration was a natural choice for her because she uses their products in her daily regime because it…

Another week and another racist act has been aimed at Serena and Venus Williams. This time the incident involved three players, Mitch Stanley, Beau Grundy, and Matt Chamberlain on Tasmania’s North West Football League team in Australia. The players were attempting to celebrate Mad Monday by being racist. Mad Monday is a phrase commonly used in…

The Crips gang member who killed Serena and Venus Williams’ sister will be released from jail. In 2003, Serena and Venus Williams were traveling the world and establishing themselves as young legends in professional tennis. At the same time, a few of their family members were still dealing with day-to-day issues in Compton, California. Gang…

Serena Williams painting during her pregnancy (Photo courtesy of HBO/IMG)

Serena Williams has dominated the world of tennis since the mid-1990s, winning 23 Grand Slam singles titles on her way to becoming one of the greatest athletes ever, male or female. But although Williams has been a star in the public eye for over two decades, she has kept her private life just that. Now,…

Tennis legend Venus Williams was so burdened with grief (and possibly pangs of guilt) at this past summer’s Wimbledon grand slam tournament that she couldn’t finish a post-match interview because she was wracked by uncontrollable sobbing. Williams has finally received some good news from the Palm Beach Gardens government. She’s been informed that she is officially…

Tamika D. Mallory’s activism dates back further than President Donald Trump’s administration and the pivotal event that was the first blemish his global legacy. A co-chair of the 2017 Women’s March on Washington, a New York City-born Mallory, 36, didn’t just hop on a #BlackLivesMatter bandwagon. She’s been stomping pavements since she was 11…

Presented by Oath, Serena and Venus Williams hosted their “A Family Affair” event at the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center (SETLC) in Washington, D.C. It was a day of tennis, fashion, empowerment and community discussion welcomed by Cora Masters Barry, founder of SETLC. In connection with the Williams Sister Fund, the tennis legends launched the…

Serena Williams proved she is just as dominant off the court as she has been on it, as the record-breaking tennis legend attracted a celeb-packed group of A-listers to New Orleans for her nuptials to millionaire mogul and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. The celebrity list begins, of course, with big sister and legendary pioneer Venus Williams.…

Tennis might just be in good hands after all. On Sept. 7, Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys set up a historic final at the U.S. Open after two impressive performances in the semifinal round. It’s the first Grand Slam final between two Black women that doesn’t include a Williams sister. Stephens defeated No. 9 Venus Williams…

Sloane Stephens is fired up to be in the 2017 US Open semifinals (Photo by Twitter @usopen )

As a teenager, Sloane Stephens showed a lot of promise on the tennis court. That promise led to endorsement deals with Under Armour, American Express and Listerine. There was also a much talked about friendship with the queen of tennis Serena Williams. The promise of Stephens peaked in 2013, when, at the age of 20,…

Venus Williams is focused on another US Open title (Photo by Twitter @usopen )

The story of the tennis career of Venus Ebony Starr Williams is one of perseverance. There is a high level of adversity that Venus and her younger sister Serena had to overcome to make it out of Compton, California to the top of the tennis world. But a little over six years ago, unexpected adversity…

Venus Williams celebrates her tremendous play (Photo courtesy of Twitter @usopen)

With Serena Williams giving birth to a daughter on Friday, the greatest female tennis player of all time is not intimidating the field of 128 at the 2017 U.S. Open. But there are still some women of color that are a force to be reckoned with looking to continue their winning ways in the tournament…

Moments after the Venus Williams car crash that caused a fatality and other severe injuries, an on-scene Palm Beach cop reportedly told the tennis superstar that she was at fault, according to the police bodycam footage. Rolling Out has already reported that the tennis legend has been cleared by law enforcement of any wrongdoing after an…

The Venus Williams car crash saga has taken yet another turn as the family of the dead man continues to maneuver for a successful lawsuit against the tennis superstar. Originally, the Palm Beach, Florida, police reported that Williams was at fault in the crash, though they did not cite her on the day of the accident.…

Police have rescinded their conclusion that Venus Williams was at fault for a car crash that resulted in the death of 78-year-old Jerome Barson. The weight of a fatal crash in June was becoming overwhelming for the tennis star. She could not even finish her press conference after her victory in the early rounds at Wimbledon…