Venus Williams won her fifth Wimbledon singles title today, beating flat-footed sister Serena in the process, 7-5, 6-4.

(Two guesses for Serena’s injuries and subsequent inconsistent play)

The dominance that once was Serena is now obviously gone. Venus hadn’t beat her since the 2001 U.S. Open, but today’s win was no fluke. Added weight (she was noticeably slow today), injuries and perhaps inconsistency coming from lack of a regular playing schedule has quite obviously caught up to Serena (who hasn’t won at Wimbledon in five years).

Though the media of course would never report such a thing. Read more…

This year’s Wimbledon women’s final should be labeled “Sister Act III”, as Venus & Serena Williams will face off for the third time in the tournament’s championship match.

The gals took care of business on Thursday when Serena outlasted Zheng Jie while Venus eased victory from Elena Dementieva.

After watching Serena’s semifinal triumph, Venus said that Saturday’s final was going to be “every Williams for themselves.” She’s probably also hoping to finally beat her little sister, as the younger Williams sibling has won the last two family final encounters. Read more…

The Big Three in women’s tennis turned out to be big busts in Wimbledon. Unfortunately, we’re not talking about upper torsos here.

Jelena Jankovic became the latest high-ranking racket girl to be bounced from the English tourney, as the #2 player in the world lost in a 4th-round matchup against 60th-ranked Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand.

At least Jelena’s competition that was a little tougher than that of #3 Maria Sharapova (beaten by 154th-ranked Alla Kudryavtseva) and #1 Ana Ivanovic (beaten by 133rd-ranked Zheng Jie).

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The third round? That’s it? That’s as far as Americans get to enjoy their countrywomen play in the French Open?

Both Williams sisters, ranked in the top ten, lost in the third round Friday morning. That’s only the second time they’ve gone down on the same day. With their losses every American female — Maria Sharapova, you must admit, doesn’t really count, for we must keep her exotic and mysterious — has been ousted from this year’s tournament at Roland-Garros, and unseeded Robby Ginepri is the only stateside male swinging away in the tournament. Read more…

When Venus & Serena Williams were recently in India for the Bangalore Open, papa Richard decided to tag along. And as usual, he had a lot to say - especially how much he hates white people.

(If it was a white photographer, Richard would have held up a different finger)

YOU BEEN BLINDED gets the scathing scoop from an interview the deranged dad did with the DECCAN HERALD: Read more…

The MELBOURNE HERALD-SUN reports from the Australian Open that “comments by tennis commentator Roger Rasheed about Venus Williams’ behind have prompted a number of complaints.” Rasheed, a former pro tennis coach, recently “had a slow motion replay of Williams’ bottom during her match against China’s Yan Zi.”

Rasheed, while flanked by analyst Tracy Austin in the broadcast booth, said “Take a look at this now. Make or think as you will, ladies, but for me, that’s a pretty good sight.“ Rasheed then held out his open hands wide apart with a grin, and Austin reacted uproariously.

Despite the predictable criticism from prudish viewers, tournament broadcaster Channel 7 said it would not discipline Rasheed (wonder if they consulted Tiger Woods first). The only problem we have with Rasheed’s comments were that they were directed at the wrong Williams sister.

We give you, Serena (from her younger, happier, pre-Tastykake days).

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• MR. SUNSHINE saves it for later, as Dan Patrick’s radio show will be broadcast in many markets on tape-delay:

• ALLBALLS takes a break, as they enjoy these amusing halftime spectacles.• WIZZNUTZZ via DEADSPIN knows a chicken box signed by Manute Bol & Spud Webb has to be finger lickin’ good.

• JEN’S FREE THROWS teases us with a first look at Venus Williams’ new ‘do:

• WAGGLE ROOM checks their report card, as teen golf sensation Tadd Fujikawa is letting his grades slip a bit.• PART MULE knows the Celtics are so good, Doc Rivers doesn’t even need to coach them.

• MONDESI’S HOUSE digs up a classic photo of a collegiate Dan Marino and his Pitt hitmen:

• LARRY BROWN SPORTS checks their wallet, as it now costs a family of four nearly $500 to attend one Lakers game.• And if you decide not to head to Staples Center, you can always use that cash to buy the most expensive video games made.

• He can bring his own makeup: RIVALFISH scores news that Dennis Rodman wants to be a WNBA coach:

The Worm should be able to provide proper motivation to his players.• CONSTRUDA discovers Tim Hardaway trying to make amends for his earlier anti-gay remarks.

• THE BOTTOM LINE hates Notre Dame, but even they aren’t having fun anymore with the suck of the Irish.