This is pointless, you either have reading comprehension issues or just refuse to admit to anything reasonable. For the LAST time, Serena often plays doubles and singles at the same tournament while Federer does not, THEREFORE her 14 matches lead to more time on court than his 7 (assuming both win). You refuse to…

Michael Chang wasn’t that short for his era- He’s 5'9", Connors was 5'10", McEnroe 5'11". Serena is a full 5 inches shorter than Sharapova and being ‘big’ and ‘strong’ is (erroneously) considered a problem in tennis. Having five inches on your competitor is a big advantage and yet she’s only beaten Serena about twice.

I looked at 15 matches played in the last day or two at the French Open (randomly choosing the top seven and bottom seven completed from the draw). Only 5 of the women’s matches were less than 1:30- the average of the matches was approximately 1:45. So I’m guessing the WTA is wrong as matches tend to get longer in the…

People make comparisons and judgements about things that are not EXACTLY the same all the time. All sports have changed and had different rules, length of season, eras, and level of competition, and while it’s never conclusive, rarely do people say that you absolutely can’t make a comparison and name a GOAT.

BTW, men only play five sets at the grand slam events (and Davis Cup) and three everyplace else. Since their matches are generally shorter (not every single match by every single man, but statistically), men spend less time on court over their careers. So if that’s important to how you judge players, the women have it…

Your initial argument was that a comparison was unfair because men spend more time on the court, which I pointed out was untrue generally and used a tournament I’d totalled up as an example. You then used examples of cases where it was untrue, though you still refuse to count all the time Serena actually spent on…

Are you moving the goal posts now and it’s about number of matches played? So what. He’s played more matches and lost more matches as his win percentage is lower than hers. He’s got 105 career titles and she has 100. If’ he’s played so many more matches, it’s curious that he doesn’t have a lot more titles to show for…

That story was SO overblown and racist and misogynistic as MANY tennis players have said similar things and it hasn’t even made the news. Heard of Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Elie Nastase, Nick Kyrgios, etc? That’s not even getting into other sports. Serena does not habitually have outbursts, yet some people cling to…

No. I am so tired of this argument. She (and other women players) don’t play less tennis, they generally play less points. Women’s points generally take longer because of longer rallies. A few years ago I actually totalled up the hours and minutes on court for Serena and Federer at a grand slam tournament they both…

Wimbledon will likely give Serena a seeding as they don’t use WTA rankings solely. They have already said that they are considering it and will wait and see to come up with the most balanced draw possible. They take into account past grass court performance and as she’s won the title 7 times, including 2016, she’ll…

No, that’s not how the system works. The top seeds are guaranteed to play unseeeded players in the first round and play lower seeds in their bracket through the third or fourth round. If you’re unseeded, you’re likely to play a seed and even a high seed in the first or second round. This hasn’t happened in this case,…

There is a protected ranking system though and she’s marked as having a protected ranking. I don’t know how that system works, but it doesn’t seem like it protects much if she’s down to 453. The WTA should have something built into their system which protects the rankings of women out for child bearing in a different…

I agree that they should have adjusted the rankings, but I just checked out the draw and it doesn’t look too bad. She plays a non-seed in the first round (ranking 70th). If the matches all go according to seeding, she’ll play the 17th seed in round two, the 11th seed in round three, and the 6th seed in the fourth…

You can’t make people responsible, but you can at least enact laws which require safe storage with heavy and enforced penalties. It could be federal law that you cannot purchase a gun without purchasing, or showing ownership of, a gun safe secured to a wall.

You are required to have insurance on a car and if your kid steals it or you give them access to it, you and your insurance are responsible (at least financially) for what happens. Parents have been jailed for kids drinking at their home and are held responsible even if they were not aware that drinking was going on…

I too think she was smart. She had an amazing tiara and veil (both of which were symbolic) to showcase as well her face. Those were the showstoppers and she was smart to not gild the lily and drown them out with a lot of lace and frou-frou on her dress.

These dresses don’t look much alike, as many have mentioned. And my mum wore a more similar dress in 1964 with a slightly different neckline- should her dressmaker be dropping shade? Get in line lady, it’s a lovely, classic style.

My niece already had hers at about 11. Her school wasn’t shot up, but the one directly across the street (and well within hearing) was.

It’s not victim blaming if the weapon is unsecured. If your empty weapon is in a proper gun safe secured to a wall and your ammunition is stored separately, that should be a different issue. If however, you have not taken those reasonable precautions or have given others access to your gunsafe (told them the location…

And gun owners should have to get insurance- as is required for many other things.