It was announced earlier this week that tennis great, Serena Williams, was named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year. Â Sister, Venus, presented Serena with the honor. Â Williams is the first woman in 32 years, and the first ever African-American woman to win the award. Williams stated in her acceptance speech, “For all the ladies out […]
Basketball legend Michael Jordan has finally won the 2009 lawsuit against Jewel/ Osco and Dominick’s grocery stores.  The judge awarded Jordan $8.9 million for using his name without consent in an advertisement published in Sports Illustrated.  The ad used the icon’s name and jersey number to promote a coupon of $2.00 off a cut of steak. […]
Haters hate…it’s what they do. Even after the woman who is arguably the greatest tennis player in the world was awarded Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year, the haters continued their campaign of derogatory comments against Serena Williams. To make matters worse, horse racing fans are upset over Williams’ latest accolade, saying the Triple Crown winner American Pharoah was […]
 (Photo Credit: Magazine Cover-Courtesy of Sports Illustrated / Photog: Yu Tsai/Sports Illustrated) Multi-dimensional. An exceptional athlete. A successful businesswoman. An impactful activist. The evolution of champion tennis player Serena Williams is being recognized by leading sports magazine Sports Illustrated as “Sportsperson of the Year” in their December 21 issue. Check out their video below to learn why […]
Serena Williams can look back on 2015, and know that she owned it.  Sports Illustrated has named Williams 2015’s “Sportsperson of the Year.” Williams had to cut her season short to take time to heal, but that didn’t take away from any of her year’s accomplishments.  Williams won three majors in 2015, and was the number […]
