I’m sure even LeBron would have someone in his life to pull him aside and say “hey dude, you’re acting like an asshole.”

Has he screamed about fatherhood and how it would never allow him to hit an opponent’s hand on the way up, even though replay shows he did in fact hit the opponent’s hand? Popped the basketball? Asked for an apology on an open mic to the crowd? Claimed the call was due to racism? Or due to the over-criminalization of…

Exactly. She saw it - she followed it - and then she lied about it, claiming motherhood.

But that man will have so much privilege he’ll be able to parlay that fine and his soundbite into an HBO series.

Since Trump is such an idiot - he’ll probably come down on Serena’s side and attack the Mexican judge

I AM A FATHER!

If Serena played baseball, she’d be Trevor Bauer.

Every fan cheers when her opponent faults (not what you’re supposed to do). She is the most privileged tennis player.

This is what I don’t get. Even if you think Ramos is a sexist, why are so many people so unwilling to say Serena actually did a whole lot wrong, and this behavior was in no way par for the course. Note, the NYT ran a story documenting him calling violations on men. Men received 23 fines this tourney vs. 9 for women…

Gotta be honest - the “I AM A MOTHER! I don’t cheat!” tops that.

Usually those athletes don’t make them societal wide problems, with the op-ed community completely buying in to their narrative.

We also might have gotten the first down, you know, running for 1 yard.

It was great, until it was ruined by her opponent.

We’re taking it on faith that she didn’t know about it. She knew to try to pass it off as a thumbs up to the ump - which was similar to signal he was making. And I believe she also went to the net on the points after.

Not to mention that Serena has the unique and unfair advantage of having a biased crowd behind her the entire tournament. Some of the other players might disagree with “the world is against me” narrative, and might even consider her the most privileged athlete in tennis.

Are you trolling? Osaka thoroughly dominated, kicking Serena’s ass at her own game. That fueled this whole scene. Even after Serena would stop the match with a tirade, Osaka would come back and fire an ace right by her.

Venus has all the grace that everyone claims Serena has.

The crowd was cheering Osaka’s faults - that wasn’t to balance the scales. It’s worship of a great competitor and an athlete - it doesn’t need to extend to defending her ridiculous behavior.

Or maybe it’s because she injected being a mother into her meltdown - the most awkward and inexplicable moment I’ve seen. I’m fairly certain that when my mom didn’t close a business deal she didn’t scream at the others “I’M A MOTHER!” I don’t know why she said that but my best guess is that this narrative is good for…

Serena gets such an advantage from the crowd. Big credit to Osaka.