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Aussie Open Announcer’s Profound A** Admiration
Aussie Open Announcer’s Profound A** Admiration
The MELBOURNE HERALD-SUN reports from the Australian Open that “ comments by tennis commentator Roger Rasheed about Venus Williams’ behind have prompted a number of complaints. ” Rasheed, a former pro tennis coach, recently “ had a slow motion replay of Williams’ bottom during her match against China’s Yan Zi . ” Rasheed, while flanked by ...
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If Joe Buck Does This With Favre Sunday, Watch Out [Butts!]
Deadspin — See, this is what American sports needs more of: Blatant ogling of female athletes by the broadcasters. Many viewers have expressed their disgust with the comments of analyst Roger Rasheed, but we think the blame rests more with the guy in the production truck who provided the slow motion replay of Serena Williams' buttocks. At a certain point, didn't Rasheed have to say something? Aussie Open Announcer's Profound Admiration [Sports By Brooks] ...

Top 3 Tumble Trifecta Complete: Jankovic Loses
SPORTSbyBROOKS — The Big Three in women’s tennis turned out to be big busts in Wimbledon. Unfortunately, we’re not talking about upper torsos here. Jelena Jankovic Jelena Jankovic became the latest high-ranking racket girl to be bounced from the English tourney, as the #2 player in the world lost in a 4th-round matchup against 60th-ranked Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand. At least Jelena’s competition that was a little tougher than that of #3 Maria Sharapova (beaten by 154th-ranked Alla Kudryavtseva ) and #1 Ana Ivanovic (beaten by 133rd-ranked Zheng Jie ). With Jankovic’s loss on Monday, this will be the first ...

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