Sports Four Billboards Get you a person who loves you like Alexis Ohanian loves Serena Williams. After I saw Alexis’s four billboards welcoming Serena back to tennis after giving birth, I turned to my partner and said, “What have you done for me LATELY?” It’s not that I want a billboard By Kathleen • Feb 28, 2018 10:58 am
Sports Intro for February 20, 2018 Dear Gossips, Holy sh-t, that Olympic free dance competition last night. But this is what you want when the gold is on the line, right? You want everyone to f-cking bring it. There is nothing I’m better at than choking in the moment, especially when it requires physical performance. By Lainey • Feb 20, 2018 09:17 am
Sports Serena and Olympia cover VOGUE Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr, daughter of the greatest of all time, won her first Australian Open a year ago. Twelve months later, she’s on the cover of VOGUE, in her ma’s arms, with one fist raised as if to declare I AM HERE. As if she had to. By Lainey • Jan 10, 2018 04:23 pm
Sports Serena’s master class in classy clapbacks Serena Williams has been a role model since she was 15 years old. She was a role model to me through my most formative years. There have been many times in my life when just looking at Serena Williams—a black woman, the Greatest Of All Time, the smart, stunning, By Kathleen • Sep 20, 2017 09:32 am
Sports Intro for August 17, 2017 Dear Gossips, Last week we talked about Jennifer Lawrence on the cover of VOGUE’s 125th anniversary September issue, the biggest issue of the year. The choice, as I wrote at the time, was status quo. Also featured in VOGUE’s September issue: Oprah Winfrey and Serena Williams. Oprah has By Lainey • Aug 17, 2017 10:04 am
Sports Intro for July 13, 2017 Dear Gossips, Andy Murray lost in 5 sets at Wimbledon yesterday to Sam Querrey. Following the loss, Andy’s making headlines on two fronts – whether or not he’ll be taking a break from the tour to rehabilitate his hip and also for this: Andy Murray may have lost, but By Lainey • Jul 13, 2017 09:38 am
Sports Venus advances, Serena drills Venus Williams advanced to the round of 32 yesterday at Wimbledon in 3 sets, not an easy match, and probably a harder match than she would have wanted during the first week. But, given the circumstances, with all that’s going on outside of tennis in her life, probably understandable By Lainey • Jul 06, 2017 12:28 pm
Sports Princess Kate in Gucci Princess Kate stepped out today in London to open the new wing at the Victoria & Albert Museum. And she showed up in Gucci. As we’ve all seen, Gucci, for the last couple of years, under Alessandro Michele, has been the label with the most high profile celebrity patronage. By Lainey • Jun 29, 2017 10:33 am
Sports Serena Williams: Young, Gifted, Black, and Pregnant Serena Williams on the cover of Vanity Fair… !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I gasped when I saw this this morning. And then I got pissed because I knew I wouldn’t be able to read it for a few hours. Then the magnificence of these photos made me forget my anger. I’ve been By Lainey • Jun 27, 2017 04:57 pm
Sports Taylor Swift sends a message Taylor Swift has kept a very low profile over the last few months. Which is how I’ve started almost every post about Taylor Swift over the last few months. At this point it’s become part of her brand. When we do get news about Taylor, more often than By Lainey • Jun 27, 2017 11:47 am
Sports Drake hosts the NBA Awards The first ever NBA Awards happened last night in New York. Drake was the host. Drake, as you know, from the Junos and the ESPYs and Saturday Night Live, is a very good host. This is a skill he has on top of his other skills and a skill that By Lainey • Jun 27, 2017 11:23 am
Sports Ryan Lochte’s raising a hockey player For this post, I will be playing the part of Duana, The Name Therapist. Ryan Lochte and Kayla Rae Reid announced the birth of their son, confirming on Instagram that he was born this morning. Caiden Zane Lochte. I'm a daddy #miracle #babyboy #myson A post shared by By Lainey • Jun 08, 2017 12:58 pm
Sports Intro for June 7, 2017 Dear Gossips, The NBA Finals are in Cleveland tonight for Game 3. LeBron James and the Cavaliers are down 0-2 in the series. The series started last Thursday, in Oakland, when the side-game between Rihanna and Kevin Durant became the highlight of the night. That was the best, right? The By Lainey • Jun 07, 2017 09:43 am
Sports The Greatest Of All Time is having a girl? Serena Williams is pregnant so she’s going to come back in 2018 and win more grand slams. Venus Williams, however, is currently playing the French Open. Serena was at Roland Garros yesterday to support her sister. And Venus was asked after the match about the baby. Her response: “She’ By Lainey • Jun 01, 2017 01:26 pm
Sports “Nothing good ever happens at 2am” In Tiger Woods’ case, it’s 3am. I used to listen to Jim Rome a lot. And one of the things he’d always say was, “Nothing good ever happens at 2am”. As you know, Tiger Woods was arrested yesterday in Florida and charged with DUI. There were initial reports By Lainey • May 30, 2017 04:04 pm
Sports Intro for April 26, 2017 Dear Gossips, Serena Williams made her first public appearance yesterday at TED Talks in Vancouver since announcing that she’s pregnant. Or, more specifically, since “accidentally” announcing she was pregnant. As she told Gayle King at the event: “Well actually it was an accident. I was on vacation just taking By Lainey • Apr 26, 2017 09:52 am
