Replaying the Serena Williams outburst video

What the tennis star's rant says about sportsmanship

Serena Williams at least figured out how to make a proper apology, said Mike James in the Los Angeles Times. In her first post-match comments, Williams didn't quite take responsibility for her obscenity-laced tirade (watch the Serena Williams outburst video) against a line judge who called a foot fault against Williams on the last point of her U.S. Open semi-final loss to Kim Clijsters. Williams' sincere second attempt—which she made in her blog—was what Clijsters, tennis officials, and Williams' fans were waiting to hear.

Williams' immediate post-match explanation was that she was merely showing her passion for her job, said John J. Edwards III in The Wall Street Journal, and that was the wrong thing for a role model to say. "I’m just glad my children, who are big fans of both Serena Williams and her sister Venus, weren’t watching the match. None of these incidents displayed the kind of job-related passion I’d like them to emulate."

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