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BAngieB
01/30/09

In reply to Venus & Serena: Trophy Lives
Speaking of trophies, I could totally beat them in the Oreo battle. Hell, I could beat those wussy Manning brothers, too.
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Red-headed bookworm
01/30/09

@BAngieB: Hey now, don't be talking about my Peyton and Eli like that...even though the Colts sucked this year. :(
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BAngieB
01/30/09

@Red-headed bookworm: They are wusses. Wusses I tell ya! Sure, they are pretty good at football, but they are girly.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
01/30/09

In reply to Venus & Serena: Trophy Lives
Yes!!!!!!!!!!

I don't have a lot else.

(falls over post-Nadal-Verdasco semi)
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AmbivalentAlumna
01/30/09

In reply to Venus & Serena: Trophy Lives
I hope Serena takes it. During her matches a few people have criticized her for all her other interests so I really want her to win.

Also the commentators were OBSESSED that Anday Roddick lost 15 pounds. It was so weird to hear people obsessing over a man's weight.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
01/30/09

@JanieJ: Even then, it was obsession about form - how he could move better, faster - not function.

(Still didn't keep Roger from taking him in 3 sets, either.)
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whynotshesaid
01/30/09

In reply to Venus & Serena: Trophy Lives
I once walked past Serena Williams as I was walking into a noodle restaurant in South Beach. She had an entourage of like thirty people with her, and she was the radiant, beautiful nucleus of it all.

Also, I covet her arms. And Venus's too. Hell, I covet their entire bodies.
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ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox)
01/30/09

In reply to Venus & Serena: Trophy Lives
Warm fuzzies.

No coffee=no insightful comment but I am just smiling looking at them.
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Fridge Hussy : Is finally heading back to uni!
01/30/09

In reply to Venus & Serena: Trophy Lives
They really are great role models for the kiddies - always polite and sportspersonlike. Damn right they should get equal pay - screw you Pat Cash!

AO sidenote: The Verdasco/Nadal match JUST finished - I don't want to ruin the result, but...bloody hell!
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Fridge Hussy : Is finally heading back to uni!
01/30/09

@Fridge Hussy: Sorry, that was especially disjointed - the extreme heat is messing with my brain!
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Kivrin
01/30/09

@Fridge Hussy: I turned on the TV this morning to see the results and found that the guys were still playing -- whew! SO looking forward to Sunday!
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Eeva
01/30/09

In reply to Venus & Serena: Trophy Lives
Serena's so rich, she had scientists make real live mini versions of herself and her sister. They look so like them!
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Grim Reaper of the Forest
01/30/09

@Eeva: Honey, I Shrunk the Athletes!
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dancerevolution
01/30/09

In reply to Venus & Serena: Trophy Lives
Couldn't the news agency just, like, share photos?
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AuntieBee
01/30/09

@dancerevolution is back in the game: Seriously. It's kind of hilarious, and kind of disturbing to see all those photogs in a pile like that. Also, their pictures will be barely different from each others... so, exclusive?
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AthertonMerriweather
01/30/09

In reply to Venus & Serena: Trophy Lives
Picture day for my tennis team was nothing like that.
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sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
01/30/09

In reply to Venus & Serena: Trophy Lives
I am leery of anointing athletes as role models, but I feel I must make an exception for the Williams sisters. I think they are amazing, and Venus was the first woman to earn the equal pay at Wimbledon.
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RainbowBrite
01/30/09

@sarah.of.a.lesser.god (now with more ovumlord!): I agree. They are gracious yet fiercely competitive. And they show you can be strong and a badass athletically, while still feminine and into girlie things. I love that they get their nails done before matches and always have their hair done a different way. Not like that is a positive thing in and of itself, but it shows girls you can don't have to be a tomboy to kick ass.
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rosasparks
01/30/09

@sarah.of.a.lesser.god (now with more ovumlord!): They are the greatest. They have broken down ridiculous barriers and changed the whole landscape of tennis.

I watched part of this with minisparks, and she noted that Serena's muscles are 'the awesomest things on earth.' She 'wants them because she knows she would be able to do anything' with them.

I say, 'rock on, minisparks' and thank you, Serena.
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That-Dude
01/30/09

@sarah.of.a.lesser.god (now with more ovumlord!): Venus was the first woman to earn the equal pay at Wimbledon.

That's the one thing that jacked up about equal pay. You can't tell me that women's tennis popularity is the same as men's, and thus the pay should be reflective of this fact.

That is, Venus should have been payed MORE.
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SunburnedCounsel
01/30/09

@rosasparks: I think that about Serena's muscles pretty much every day, but minisparks said it much better then I ever could.

Also, I love tennis snap judgements.
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sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
01/30/09

@That-Dude: Agreed, it's madness. I actually just wrote a whole blog post about women's equality in sports and touched on the equal pay issue. WNBA average salary = $50,000. NBA average salary = $5.3 million.
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