Tennis pro Serena Williams is doing her best to swipe a Banksy piece from the Art Series Hotel. Of course, a really good art thief would not tweet about it to her 2,397,583 followers, but don’t worry…it’s totally legal. Read More
Yesterday evening, The Observer trekked out to Flushing to see the US Open, a long an daunting journey but well worth it to see our favorite player, Rafa Nadal, show off his moves at center court.
Arriving at the Billy Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, every possible variety of tennis lover was passing Read More
So Heidi Klum stopped by 55 Thompson to look at leasing a place, Richard Cantor told us last night at a swanky party to show off the new rental complex.
Mr. Cantor, a broker for 55 Thompson, confirmed that Ms. Klum, as well as Serena Williams and Emma Stone, were checking out apartments in the Read More
Vivienne Tam‘s show this afternoon was packed to the rafters; Ms. Tam drew enough spectators to fully pack the Theater at Lincoln Center. But it was the right-side front row that we were most interested in: in a perfect storm of randomness, its occupants included Denise Richards, Serena Williams, Kelly Choi, and onetime Hugh Hefner Read More
We’ve established that plenty of folks are skeptical with whether Serena is actually injured, but Kim Clijsters is not one of them.
After Clijsters’ straight sets first round victory today over Greta Arn, the returning U.S. Open champ said she’s seen Serena’s injury and it’s legit.
“I saw the injury, so…and it’s not something Read More
Yesterday, Serena Williams issued a statement about her tirade on Saturday night that didn’t serve as an apology per se. In it, she described her “passion” and an “unfair” call and that led her to handling “the situation poorly.” The statement was roundly denounced by the press. “How not to apologize” is Read More
It was one of the strangest endings we’ve ever seen in a sporting event.
The setting was odd enough. After two days of non-stop rain, we suddenly had one of the most intriguing semifinals in recent memory being played before a stadium that was roughly a quarter full.
Then at 15-30 in Read More
Down 5-6 and serving at 15-30, down a set, Serena Williams was two points away from losing to Kim Clijsters. She hit a fault out wide. Then, unbelievably (but accurately), she was called for a foot fault, to give Clijsters double match point.
After she was called for the foot fault, Serena turned toward the Read More
It’s so good it should be the final! And yet, after about an eight hour rain delay today, there are probably no more than 5,000 people present for the Serena-Clijsters semifinal. The upper deck–where the vast majority of the seats are in the stadium–is almost completely empty. In the lower sections, people are scattered. The Read More
