That sort of frustration isn’t unusual for top-level athletes, and yeah...there’s something of a pattern there. When she was penalized for threatening a line official, she was a couple points away from being upset by Kim Clijsters. Her 2011 blow-up came while she was losing to Sam Stosur. She’s a fantastic player, but…

Gotta agree. Osaka outplayed her, no question. I feel bad she couldn’t enjoy this victory, because she earned it.

“You owe me an apology,” she said. “I have never cheated in my life. I have a daughter and I stand for what’s right for her. I’ve never cheated, and you owe me an apology. You will never do another one of my matches.”“And you stole a point from me,” she said. “You’re a thief.”

The umpire was right on all three of those calls. It sounds like Williams thought the “coaching” warning was rescinded because she told the umpire she’s not a cheater, but of course that’s not how that penalty works. The call is made against the coach (who admitted he was coaching from the stands), so the player can’t…

It’s amazing to me that people come away with that feeling sorry for Serena. That was such an embarrassing performance. Much credit to Osaka, she’s a true champion and I hope she comes back.

Serena stans are turning into psychopaths who froth at the mouth at every slight against her. Imagine being do deranged that you have to be told not to boo Naomi Osaka of all people. Serena’s the GOAT but I’m so done with her ridiculous fans.

Can we please stop with the Serena worship? She’s a titan of tennis, a superb athlete, but she’s not without flaws, without her faults. She’s petulant, and this isn’t the first or worst instance of abusing an official in her career.

I hope to God Naomi wins another major, because having a literal childhood dream come true —vs. Her childhood idol Serena, Center Court, US open finals, first Grand slam finals not only for yourself but for any woman for your country, and have it turn nightmare in this way is just horrid.

I mean, her opponent is a woman as well, yeah? Did she start to play the race card and wisely change up in mid stream? Bizarre.

As someone who worked in a call center there's a difference between being mad and profanity and personal attacks. She totally deserved that 3rd code violation.  1st one is debateable.

First warning to Serena for coaching. Her own coach admitted to Pam Shriver after the match that he had indeed tried to coach her. The gesture was meant for her to approach the net more often. He thought she hadn’t noticed it, but still, it’s the attempt that matters. Players have been using this excuse (“I didn’t…

You're an idiot. 

This article is terrible.

This was so hard to watch. I hope Naomi Osaka knows she would have won this match on her own if all of this shit hadn’t happened.

Plus, Patrick takes the players’ salaries and describes that as the labor costs. There are many people working for the teams, not just the players. There are security, ushers, travel coordinators etc. For the NBA, these costs are likely negligible, but for the WNBA, it is a larger percentage of the income. Add in the…

I’ve seen a few of these articles posted and they never provide any actual details.  I don’t care how many All Star games or WNBA titles you’ve won.  Pay isn’t a result of accolades, it’s a result of value generation.  Hard to say how much someone earns without knowing how much value they generate in relation to the…

They make a smaller percentage of revenue BECAUSE there’s less revenue to be shared. Operating costs don’t increase 1 to 1 with revenue, so the NBA has a smaller percentage of costs. If the WNBA bumped player salary to 50% like the NBA then they would be operating at a loss. It’s simple. I’d love for WNBA players to…

I know this isn’t going to go well but is it possible that they only receive 20% of revenue because the WNBA as a whole is NOT as profitable as the NBA? They have to pull less revenue because the cost of running the league is equal to the NBA but the revenue is not equal to the NBA?  I could be mistaken but last time…

I’m honestly as tired as the “John McCain was a terrible terrible person who no one should say nice things about” pieces as the “John McCain was last of a rare and noble breed of American statesmen” pieces. Dude died just yesterday, and in my universe, it’s still poor manners to interrupt other people’s mourning with…

What did his story even mean? Was he trying to say that black people hold back their speed?