Stop Infantilizing Venus Williams
by Laura Wagner from on (#2WHZ1)
Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams lost to Garbine Muguruza in the final today and for Williams, her team, and fans of good tennis, dynasties, and greatness, it sucked. But not nearly as much the sickly-sweet, smarm-drenched "there's no losers here" takes that make a tennis legend and cultural icon seem like"