The Starting Five

Olympic gold has become a fixture in the Williams family. Venus and Serena captured their 2nd doubles gold medals by routing Spanish duo Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-2, 6-0. They ran their record to 10-0 in Olympic doubles competition. They didn’t play in 2004 in Athens because Serena was injured.

Venus also has a singles gold from Sydney in 2000.

“It does mean more for me to win it with Serena, to share this kind of moment with your sister,” Venus said. “I mean, we are practically joined at the hip.”

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Man this was dramatic and I got goosebumps watching it unfold. 17 races in 8 days? Wow.

I wish all athletes were celebrated in this fashion but Michael Phelps has done something more than 100,000 athletes have never done. I don’t know where this sits in sports history, but Phelps has to be up there with the best of them. 8 events, 8 gold medals, 7 world records. I honestly am a little glad he only set 7 so Mark Spitz won’t be totally forgotten–Carl Lewis and Jesse Owens either.

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I grew up loving these brothas. They were chill, they were provocative and they did things real. right and exact. Make Me Say It Again Girl pulled me in because I dug their spirit and after I heard Between the Sheets, I was done. Another baby maker fo sho. I loved that track so much that I went out and bought anything that sampled it. Crazy, but the most noted purchase for me was MC Shy D. Anyone remember him? Miami Bass…

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