Jock Smut Meghan & Serena at polo Prince Harry participated in the Audi Polo Challenge this weekend in Ascot and Royal Meghan was there both days to hang out. She also brought along a couple of friends, Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian. Casual, you know? Hey so the duchess needs a plus two for the polo. Yeah, By Lainey • Jul 03, 2018 10:27 am
Jock Smut Can Serena have it all? The term “having it all” is generally loathed now, right? We’ve accepted that expecting women to be the perfect mother, wife, friend, employee, boss, sister, aunt, daughter and super human all at the same time is antiquated and unfair, right? Thanks in large part to essays like this one By Kathleen • Jun 27, 2018 10:21 am
Jock Smut Intro for May 30, 2018 Dear Gossips, ‘‘I play for me but I also play and represent something much greater than me. I embrace that. I love that. I want that. So ultimately, when I am out there on the court, I am playing for me.’’ This is what Serena Williams told Claudia Rankine in By Lainey • May 30, 2018 09:16 am
Royal Wedding 2018 GOAT at the wedding Really enjoying seeing the celebrities in the outer chamber of St George’s. Serena Williams and Alex Ohanian are hanging out with the Beckhams and the Clooneys and Idris Elba. Well. They were. Now it’s quiet because the royals are on the way. But Serena threw it down with By Lainey • May 19, 2018 06:45 am
BFFs Serena at the wedding? Serena Williams was supposed to play in the Italian Open this week but she ended up pulling out of the tournament as her coach says they need more time to prep for the French Open at the end of the month. Which, conveniently, frees up her weekend. And, well, we By Lainey • May 17, 2018 09:22 am
Jock Smut Being Serena Next Wednesday, May 2nd, at 10 pm Eastern Standard Time, I have plans. I will be on my couch, in sweat pants, watching Being Serena on HBO. Being Serena is the documentary series about Serena Williams that will detail her pregnancy, her marriage and her return to tennis. Being Serena By Kathleen • Apr 26, 2018 12:38 pm
Jock Smut Serena owns the tournament Serena Williams will play Naomi Osaka in the first round of the Miami Open tomorrow. It’s a tough draw. Serena is unseeded and Naomi just won her first tournament at Indian Wells, which was Serena’s first tournament back since having her baby. This is an exciting moment. Because By Lainey • Mar 20, 2018 10:17 am
Jock Smut Intro for March 8, 2018 Dear Gossips, Today is International Women’s Day. It’s the day that Serena Williams returns, playing in the first round at Indian Wells, her first professional tournament since she left the tour during her pregnancy – but only after winning the Australian Open in January 2017. Serena is coming into By Lainey • Mar 08, 2018 09:01 am
Jock Smut 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
Jock Smut 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
BFFs Serena’s night out Serena Williams made her first public appearance since welcoming her daughter, Alexis Olympia, at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards last night. She was there to honour her friend Gigi Hadid. I always forget that Serena and Gigi are friends. I think I tend to forget this fact because By Kathleen • Nov 14, 2017 11:04 am
Jock Smut 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
Baby and Bump Obsession Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr Lainey asked me on an episode of Show Your Work what my guess would be for the name of Serena Williams’ baby. I went with Celestine. Sounds like Venus, sounds like Serena… and above all, there’s a regal air to it. That’s what I was aiming at most. By Duana • Sep 13, 2017 04:54 pm
Girly Throw Downs Stop, Maria I was so relieved last week when Maria Sharapova was knocked out of the US Open. It was legitimate anxiety every time she advanced. For me, and perhaps for many of you, it’s more than just sports stanning. Celebrity is more than just who’s f-cking who and who’ By Lainey • Sep 08, 2017 11:17 am
Jock Smut 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
Jock Smut 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
