ANYONE who has ever competed in sports has gone through having bad calls and carrying on. It is part of the game. One just sucks it up, moves on....period.

"The game of tennis will not allow these immature outbursts simply to accomodate the eccentric (in the tennis world) demeanors and attitudes of the Williams sisters, or any other professionals for that matter, no matter the player's race, background, or upbringing."

I see a Tennis Czar being named the near future to right this wrong.

Expect Serena Williams to level charges of racism in

3... 2... 1

I guess John McEnroe was disadvantaged when he played tennis: as a white male, he had no one to blame for his misfortune but himself.

"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error.  To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson

John McEnroe used to get away with this kind of stuff all the time. But he was a white male..so I guess that made it ok. Now he's a respected(?) commentator.

I just want to say for the record that as I watched the NFL yesterday, I saw, on more than one occasion, white referees calling penalties on black players. I have no idea what that means, and I'm not saying that all white referees are racist, but it did happen...and I was disturbed by it. /sarc

tomorrow on the morning shows she'll blame everyone but herself and play the race card...just like POTUS

You're not going to defend Serena's outburst?  Allow me to respond to that as a liberal would, in the realm of today's political environment.....

The only conclusion could be that you're racist. /sarc

Two stories today, give half the story.

The West story ignores Beyonce's class  act to try and rectify West's atrocious behavior. This story plays like no tennis player ever had a melt down before ( McEnroe and Nastase come to mind), and ignores the fact that in spite of the abrupt end to the match, Williams walked over and congratulated he opponent.

Rather than challenging the call or sucking it up and moving on--as any
respectable tennis player would--she threw a tantrum, and told the line
judge she was going to "shove this ball down your f***ing throat."
There are also reports of her uttering some 'motherf***ers' afterward.

Are you new to tennis? Or is this something else?

Two half stories -Must be half story Monday.

Politics is showbiz for ugly people

Serena's outburst was understandable (WOW what a time for a foot fault call), but Serena can't do that. I'd be really, really mad if someone called a foot fault on me at that point, but..Serena can't do that. Not because she's black; because she's a tennis player. No tennis player can do that. ANY tennis player who did that would have been treated that way. And she admitted it was wrong afterwards.

...and self control can be exercised even in the most stressful situations.  And, it can be learned and exercised by people from an incredibly wide spectrum of societal, educational, religious, and racial backgrounds, despite what the "professors" might tell us.  Don't believe it?  I offer exhibit (a):

The United States Marine Corps.  Semper Fi.

(And yes, the other branches, too.  But there's something special about those Marines.)   

Amazing!

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This wasn't a race thing, the umpire didn't go to the chair umpire because of Serena's race or class, but because of Serena's increasing anger at the time. I mean, have you seen Serena's body, she is a physically intimidating person.

And Andy Roddick has throw tantrums on the court, argued with umpires and he has been punished. And let's not forget the father of the tennis court meltdown, Mr. you cannot be serious John McEnroe. His reputation hasn't been tarnished, but rather quite the opposite. More people know him for the tongue lashings he let out on the tennis court than how many singles titles he won.

This is the first major tantrum Serena has thrown that I can remember, so I am ok with the small (to her) fine of 10,000 dollar and any suspension she may receive.  

edit: I jut seen this on sportsillustrated:

 In an uncharacteristic display, Federer argued with chair umpire Jake Garner during a changeover in the U.S. Open final Monday. He said his opponent, Juan Martin del Potro, was given too much time to challenge a line call.

"I wasn't allowed to challenge after 2 seconds. The guy takes, like, 10," Federer said.

Then the 15-time major champion used a profanity in addressing Garner: "Don't tell me to be quiet, OK? When I want to talk, I talk. I don't give a ... what he said."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/tennis/09/14/federer.profanity.ap/index.html#ixzz0R8ySvKSd

I was stunned and outraged by what I saw. 

race: oriental-looking line judge makes the call.

outbursts: never have I seen a player actually threaten the safety of an official. I lived through the McEnroe bad-boy era. Even he knew better than to pull something like that.

Initial player reaction: Comes out ten minutes after the incident and basically acts like nothing unusual had happened. Level of intensity of apologies increases as fines are imposed.

USTA: Last I read, she could be banned. These people don't mess around. I don't see them giving in to political pressure.

My take: Looked like she didn't want to lose the old fashioned way, because she was getting basically stomped by the mommy- come-back-story of the event. She didn't want to lose fair and square. She got pissed and didn't want to play any more. I think she took a dive.

For a liberal to expect an individual to exhibit even the smallest modecum of self-control in ANY situation is absolutely UNTHINKABLE.  Unless you're a known Conservative, then, you're derrided for not having self-control by the liberal gang.

The liberal mindset holds a queer and convoluted set of  "values".

 Is that what I'm seeing here? They're saying she doesn't scream "country club" and justify her behavior due to her background? What background are they insinuating, where it's "okay" to rant like a classless illiterate? 

Sounds to me like they're complaing of "upper crust" culture not accepting "ghetto" boorishness.

 Personally, I think it's the 'roids, or whatever high end "undetectable" or not-as-yet-banned performance enhancer causing these looses of control among "professional" ball smackers. 

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