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Venus Williams is en route to increasing her losing streak in singles to 16. Why?

Naomi Osaka defeated Jasmine Paolini 6-3, 7-5 in Tokyo. But let's talk about the walkout kit! youtube.com/shorts/paRwq...

Gifting this article ahead of the midterms to remind people that Trump is running amok because most white voters reelected him. 86% of Black voters voted against him. Hopefully people vote in some check and balance. How Americans Voted in 2024 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Vivek is doubling down because he's made ground on Amy Action in the latest poll. This could change, but not everyone knows the entire story. They just see someone's mom calling her crazy and a liar.

Just took this banana bread out of the oven. Gonna let it cool while I make coffee. I'm also sharing a gift link to the New York Times recipe I use. Love this recipe because it's easy and not too sweet. cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1013...

Elena Rybakina defended her title in Ningbo, defeating Leylah Fernandez 6-2, 6-2. Rybakina will waltz into the WTA Finals with mucho mojo.

Gifting this article, which is not about Drag Queens. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/u...

Down goes BYU! Stay away from the UCF campus in Orlando. Those students are bout to tear some stuff up.

Trump trying to pick on a Black person to rally his racist base. www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

What a clown. Uses the debate over trans athletes to taunt female players. Whines about fear for his safety. The Atlanta Dream offers him a suite. He refuses to take it, then whines that he was denied entry. www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

Watching replay of Atlanta Dream vs Golden State Valkyries and laughed when I heard them play intro from Ludacris' Move Bitch. 😭😭😭

Record-breaking Game 1. sports.yahoo.com/wnba/article...

This is illegal.

Even ESPN is compromised. The NFL owns a stake in the company. I turned on Unsportsmanlike, hoping to get the latest on Jalen Hurts, and they didn't even mention it. How is that not the lead discussion on every sports talk show?

Regarding Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina, we don't know these people. But she says the war in Ukraine is taking its toll. They are two professional athletes with a child. One is retiring while the other is having the best year of her career. Tough times.

Five Delicious Fall Alternatives To The Highly Overrated Pumpkin Spice Latte courtsidecoffee.substack.com/p/five-delic...

This is disgusting.

Why is CNN devoting so much time to Trump supporters? Instead of a year with MAGA supporters, how about an afternoon with some Black women who despise Trump? Guarantee the feedback will be more intelligent, insightful, and entertaining. www.cnn.com/2026/10/17/p...

Texas played dirty, trying to hurt the Gators during victory stance. The time to hurt Florida was when you had a chance to win. 😆

I'm sure Iga Swiatek was in pain, but I bet some of those tears came from the fact that the loss keeps her from moving ahead of Karolina Muchova for the LAST spot in the WTA Finals. Iga's entered Ningbo. So has Marta Kostyuk, who still has a chance to qualify. www.reuters.com/sports/tenni...

Fox News had her on many times. Why didn't they ask about whether she passed the bar?

Coco Gauff seeks a reset after racist abuse. courtsidecoffee.substack.com/p/coco-gauff...

Coincidence?

I don't ever want to hear Republicans whine about cooling rhetoric when he's out there doing stuff like this.

Since relinquishing her No. 1 ranking, Aryna Sabalenka has been on the struggle bus. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m4J...

The racist in the White House is using the DOJ to attack Black women he hates: Lisa Cook, Omar, and Tish James. Whew, Lawd. I'm about to decompress with Pat Metheny. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvC_...

What is Ben Johnson thinking?

What a great win for Qinwen Zheng. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq_U...

So, Six Kings Slam still happening? In Riyadh? In two weeks?

The Atlanta Dream sweeps the New York Liberty and is headed to the WNBA Finals!

With the top three seeds out, this is a huge opportunity for Mirra Andreeva. She could move ahead of Gauff and Pegula to reach a career -high No. 3 at this tournament. With all the points Sabalenka and Rybakina have to defend between now and the Australian Open, Andreeva can make a run at No. 1.

Carlos Alcaraz wins Japan. With Sinner out for the season, and Carlos rebounding, Zverev and Djokovic had better take advantage of the sick-araz moment.

Karolina Muchova edges Naomi Osaka in the tiebreaker, 9-7, to win the match. Osaka continues to struggle against top players.

If this tiebreaker plays out like the rest of the Muchova/Osaka match, we're on a rollercoaster.

Naomi Osaka serves her way out of trouble. Saves five match points! On serve 5-5.

Muchova gets a fifth match point!

Tentative play from Osaka. Muchova with match points!

Muchova holds 5-4 in third. Osaka will serve to stay in the match.

Muchova breaks. Back on serve. 3-3. She has the better game. Osaka acts allergic to the net.

Muchova gifts Osaka the 6th game. Errors galore. 5-1 in second set.

Osaka aces her way out of trouble. Leads 4-1 in the second set.

Déjà vu. Osaka races out to 3-0 lead. Muchova holds at 1-3 and now has break points to get back on serve.

Karolina Muchova overcomes a 1-4 deficit to take the first set 7-5 over Naomi Osaka.

Sad to see a once respected female sports journalist tank her credibility her to play spokesperson for Caitlin Clark. She pushes this narrative that Black women owe Clark something beyond sportsmanship and ignores the racism.

Good Lord.

The Atlanta Dream (as in MLK) take game one against the New York Liberty, 92-82. Dream guard Allisha Gray went out with a hand injury.

I have no proof, but I'm certain that Frontier customer service has driven someone to commit murder.

Alexander Zverev is playing with champion's confidence. 8 aces 0 double faults Leads Djokovic 6-4, 2-2.

Vacherot breaks Fils again and gets the win, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

Fils double faults, giving Vacherot a break point. Vacherot gets the break and is serving to take a 5-4 lead in the third.