Tennis legend Serena Williams announced her retirement from tennis on Tuesday. She'll officially walk away from the sport following the U.S. Open in New York...

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"There is no happiness in this topic for me. I know it’s not the usual thing to say, but I feel a great deal of pain. It’s the hardest thing that I could ever imagine. I hate it. I hate that I have to be at this crossroads," Williams said. "I keep saying to myself, I wish it could be easy for me, but it’s not. I’m torn: I don’t want it to be over, but at the same time I’m ready for what’s next. I don’t know how I’m going to be able to look at this magazine when it comes out, knowing that this is it, the end of a story that started in Compton, California, with a little Black girl who just wanted to play tennis. This sport has given me so much. I love to win. I love the battle. I love to entertain."

(The Spun)

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BigWillyMetry

Good luck on your “transition” to M/F or whatever it may be

Reply•14 months

LSU FSU Grad

He will be missed by some.

Reply•14 months

Dickses

Louisiana lineage of greatness like Beyonce,Sheila E,Prince etc etc.But be careful some in your position don't last,IE Minnie Riperton,Roxie Roker,Nel Carter etc.????

Reply•14 months

TouchdownTony

See you later. is she the one who told the side judge she'd kill her during a match or was that Venus? That comment should have gotten her a year suspension...at least.

Reply•14 months

Dickses

McEnroe was on cok and roids when he played so what's the problem.

14 months

chrisharrisbaby

Comments are par for the course in this shithole

Reply•14 months

Zoso

And yet here you are. No chains holding you here. No free stuff. You can always go smoke sum weed in Russia.

14 months

chrisharrisbaby

WTF are you even talking about. Majority of the comments degrading the GOAT women tennis player as per usual.

Are you going to lie through your teeth and tell me on a site that time stamp every comment this is not the case? Because a simple search would provide that information.

I'm pretty sure I can also voice my observation without having to be told I need to leave this country or do I not have the same rights as you?

No free stuff, wtf does that even mean? Please identify the section in my comment that highlights a discussion of wanting something free.

14 months

Zoso

The GOAT?? No one mentioned Martina Navrativola

14 months

Zoso

Future tv host, with Brittney Grier on ESPN.

Reply•14 months

Lynxrufus2012

Translation: My steroid pipeline got cut off.

Reply•14 months

rbtgoodson

Pretty much.

14 months

JackieTreehorn

Go enjoy life big man.

Reply•14 months

jatilen

I wonder if any of her inner circle will spill the beans about her steroid use like what happened with Lance Armstrong.

Just like with Armstrong, all the signs have been there from the beginning: claiming to be one of the most tested athletes ever, hiding from a USADA drug tester when he made an unannounced visit for a drug test, the hacking of the WADA database which showed she had multiple TUEs for banned substances, etc

Reply•14 months

Dickses

Lol You Mad!

14 months

schatman

She can get a job as a stand-in for a buffalo at Yellowstone

Reply•14 months

Gifman

And onto her next career fighting for "social justice" aka grifting

Reply•14 months

Bucktail1

Good riddance bitch