I know many of you won’t get this reference, but here we go:

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This should snuff out the nasty rumor that the ATP is mulling allowing the deceased to qualify for European tour stops. (H/T Fark Sports)

It would seem odd that tennis champ Maria Sharapova would take issue with any kind of publicity shoot. We could expect that much from someone who has posed for SPORTS ILLUSTRATED’s swimsuit issue and done extensive endorsements for Nike and Canon, yes?

So why would the WTA be threatening to fine her $700,000?

Moscow’s PRAVDA reports that amazingly, until last month Anna Kournikova and Maria Sharapova had never met.

(Happier, hotter times)
Then again, since Anna hasn’t played competitively in years, and is apparently “jealous” of Maria, we suppose it shouldn’t be that big a surprise.
Anna is terribly jealous of Maria’s incredible earnings (about $18 million a year), whereas Anna […]

Those of you who watched tennis when watching tennis was cool will probably remember Andrea Jaeger, a young star from the early 1980s who rose as high as No. 2 in the world by the time she was 16.

And now? She’s a nun.

Maybe we’re alone in having noticed that Maria Sharapova has seemingly gone from a prancing, nubile teenie to a lumpen-legged, somewhat mannish-looking adult.

We know that women don’t always age gracefully. Let’s just hope and pray she doesn’t end up like Billie Jean King - who is rumored to be making a three month run at […]

FAN IQ’s 100% INJURY RATE serves up news that’s sure to tantalize tennis fans everywhere - Ana Ivanovic is now being offered in lickable form.
As a stamp.

(Ana is thrilled to hear of her acceptance by the Serbian postal service.)
The Serbian star of sexy serves is being honored by her home nation with the issue of […]

Not satisfied that she has sullied the sports world or fueled the imaginations of males aged 13-85 enough, Anna Kournikova today is a triathlete. Sort of.

Well, maybe she’s not quite entirely a triathlete. This if for charity, so I’ll go easy, but it sounds like she only did the running part (four miles). At least […]

CELEBRIDIOT has a pic from tennis player Alona Bondarenko’s new ad campaign for K-Swiss:

Like you, we’ve never heard of her, and we wonder why K-Swiss would sign her to an endorsement deal. Makes almost as much sense as paying Anna Kournikova hundreds of thousands of dollars to endorse anything now. She, by the way, was […]

Maria Sharapova has been trying to soother her injured shoulder since a semifinal loss at the Pacific Life Open. As a result, she’s skipping the Sony Ericcson Open in Miami. The injury will also keep Sharapova from taking part in the Fed Cup semifnals that will be held at the end of April in […]

Spencer Hall of the SPORTING BLOG finds a tennis player who really needs to work on his overhead smash.

The bloodied mess above is Mikhail Youzhny, who’s enraged intensity was on display at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. During his match against Spain’s Nicolas Almagro, the Russian became upset after giving up a point, and […]