Serena Williams is now a distant memory at the 2012 Australian Open after suffering a shocking last-16 defeat at the hands of unseeded Ekaterina Makarova. The 13-time major champion made 37 unforced errors as 56th-ranked Makarova won 6-2 6-3 in 82 minutes. “I don’t know what to say. It’s an amazing feeling,” said Makarova. In [...]

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Here are your famous & celebrity birthdays for today: Never miss a celebrity birthday again with the Celebrity Birthday Directory 1981 Christina Milian (R & B singer) 1981 Serena Williams (tennis player) 1972 Shawn Stockman (singer) 1968 James Caviezel (actor) 1967 Shannon Hoon (singer, Blind Melon) 1966 Jillian Barberie (TV Host) 1962 Melissa Sue Anderson [...]

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It was a monstrous upset today in New York as Samantha Stosur shocked Serena Williams in the 2011 U.S. Open final for her first Grand Slam title. Stosur defeated Williams 6-2, 6-3 on Sunday. “I think I had one of my best days,” Stosur said. “I’m very fortunate to do it on this stage.” Looking [...]

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Here are your top stories for this Friday, September 9, 2011: – Flooding from Tropical Storm Lee causes evacuations – Supercommittee meets – Palestinians rally for statehood – Roddick & Isner advance at 2011 U.S. Open

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Just like that, the Williams sisters are gone. Following sister Serena’s defeat earlier today, Venus Williams is out of Wimbledon 2011 after being beaten by Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria for the second year in a row. Pironkova beat Williams at Wimbledon last year by the same score to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal. She [...]

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In a shocker at Wimbledon, Marion Bartoli upset four-time Wimbledon champ Serena Williams in straight sets on Court One. Bartoli, 27, defied the odds by beating the 13-time Grand Slam winner 6-3, 7-6 (8/6) to set up a quarter-final with Sabine Lisicki. Williams survived three match points with Bartoli, serving for the match at 6-5 [...]

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Tennis star Serena Williams was whisked off to a hospital in Los Angeles yesterday for emergency treatment of a pulmonary embolism. Williams, 29, had been seen at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. several times over the past week and now we know the reason. Williams’ rep confirms that she “underwent emergency treatment at Cedars for [...]

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WNBA star Diana Taurasi will appear nude on the cover of ESPN The Magazine‘s 2nd Annual Body Issue, which will hit shelves on Friday. The Phoenix Mercury star’s will grace two magazine covers. One is shown above. The other shot shows a naked Taurasi posing with a basketball, with certain body parts strategically covered up. [...]

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Here are your famous & celebrity birthdays for today: Check out these shocking Celebrity Secrets! 1982 Christina Milian (R & B singer) 1981 Serena Williams (tennis player) 1972 Shawn Stockman (singer) 1962 Melissa Sue Anderson (actress) 1962 Lawrence Leritz (entertainer) 1956 Linda Hamilton (actress) 1955 Carlene Carter (singer) 1948 Olivia Newton-John (singer, actress) 1947 Lynn [...]

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It was never much of a contest as Kim Clijsters‘ 6-2, 6-1 victory in a mere 59 minutes was the most one-sided U.S. Open final in 34 years. Vera Zvonareva‘s performance was massively disappointing, not only for her but for all fans of women’s tennis. The 26-year-old Russian was also beaten at Wimbledon this year [...]

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Sarah Reinertsen, the first-ever female amputee to participate in the Ironman Triathlon World Championship, is one of six athletes to pose naked for ESPN the Magazine’s Body Issue. Another thirty athletes appear nude or almost-nude inside the issue, including NASCAR’s Carl Edwards. UPDATE: Take a peek at the 2010 Body Issue here. If the new [...]

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Here’s what’s happened to this point… Serena Williams committed a foot fault and then had a temper tantrum was directed at a line judge at the US Open. What did Serena Williams say to the line judge? “I swear to God, I’ll f-cking take this ball and shove it down your f-cking throat.” Williams basically [...]

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