Additionally, she became a minority owner of the Miami Dolphins alongside her sister Serena, marking the first time African-American women held an ownership stake in an NFL franchise. Strong-willed, ambitious, and resilient, Venus Williams is more than just a tennis superstar; she is a trail...
Venus’ solo career has its own achievements. In 2002, she became the first African-American since Althea Gibson to be the number-one player in the world. Venus became the number-one player on two other occasions.
When Elina Svitolina won the 2018 WTA Finals, she triggered a chain reaction of financial rewards. She won not just the prize money for earning the title, but also bonuses from her sponsors, Wilson and Nike. Now she is in the top five in the tennis world rankings, so more endorsement de...
making it an all-American top three. Williams has won an incredible 23 Grand Slam singles titles- the second highest of all time and was ranked world No. 1 eight times between 2002 and 2017. Perhaps surprisingly, Serena’s sister Venus did not feature, despite her also being widely regarded...
The NFL – America’srealpastime – has never had an MVP born outside our borders. And if we really wanna go jingoistic, thanks to our most dominant “athlete” – Joey Chestnut – America has won the last 14 July 4th Hot Dog Eating championships. ...
Floyd Cooper, 65. An award-winning illustrator and author of children’s books whose mission to offer candid and positive images of Black history included subjects ranging from Frederick Douglass to Venus and Serena Williams. July 16. Tolis Voskopoulos, 80. A popular Greek folk singer, songwriter...
Williams takesthe awardfor the first time since 2002.As well as her Grand Slam wins, she won the season - ending WTA Championships in Doha.sealing the top ranking in the last event of die year. She also took the doubles year award with sister Venus after taking their career total to 10...