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Serena Williams beats Jankovic for 3rd Open title
NEW YORK - Serena Williams flung her racket straight up and jumped for joy, hopping and skipping and screaming and generally looking like someone who had just won her first U.S. Open title or earned her debut at No. 1.
People:Jelena Jankovic Mike Tyson Serena Williams Activities:2008 U.S. Tennis Open Source:(AP)
2008-09-08
She's No. 1 again: Serena Williams wins US Open
NEW YORK - On the very first point of the match, Serena Williams hit a backhand so hard that her earring flew off. Turns out she was just getting warmed up. Williams kept pounding away, her shots and shouts getting louder with every stroke. And when she finished off Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 7-5 Sunday night for the U.S. Open championship and a ninth Grand Slam title, Williams really went wild.
People:Serena Williams Jelena Jankovic Andy Murray Rafael Nadal Pete Sampras Venus Williams Activities:2008 U.S. Tennis Open
2008-09-08
Mike Tyson shows his sweet side in documentary
When he's not pounding very large men to the ground, ex-fighter Mike Tyson speaks directly to the camera in James Toback's film "Tyson," and it's hard not to flinch. More a testimony for the defense than a documentary, it's a sympathetic portrait of a complex man driven by an anger that still bubbles beneath the surface.
People:Mike Tyson
2008-05-28
Cannes critics cool as film competition nears end
A lack of memorable movies mean the 2008 Cannes film festival is unlikely to live long in the minds of many critics, who argue that after a solid start the main competition faded.
Nations:Lebanon People:Clint Eastwood Angelina Jolie Luc Dardenne Nuri Bilge Mike Tyson Sean Penn Activities:2008 Cannes Film Festival
2008-05-23
Sports stars, rockers hog limelight at film fests
Make some room on the Croisette, movie stars -- the icons of sports and music are crashing the party.
People:Madonna Zinedine Zidane Mike Tyson Martin Scorsese Al Gore David Beckham
2008-05-20
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