a dark day for tennis, sport and especially for women who watch sports. this is but a reminder that men will always beat domestic abuse allegations and in return will be given the highest honour whilst women suffer everyday. thoughts with olga and brenda.
At 19 years old Mirra Andreeva is a major champion and it’s all thanks to Mirra. Mirra who put in the work, Mirra who battled for every point, Mirra who believed in Mirra.
Many thanks, Mirra.
The hipster music discussion has devolved into 35 year olds trying to out-cool each other with what they listened to and frankly that’s the hipster spirit, right there
In the late 1930s, billionaire heiress Doris Duke was the world’s richest woman, and Olympian Duke Kahanamoku was Hawaii’s most famous son.
Doris — still in her early 20s — was freshly married and already one of the most famous (and envied) young women on the planet. She and her husband James Cromwell decided to honeymoon in Hawaii in 1935.
What was supposed to be a quick two-week trip turned into months. Doris completely fell in love with the islands.
That’s where she met the legendary Duke Kahanamoku — Olympic gold medal swimmer, the man who basically introduced surfing to the world, and one of the most beloved figures in Hawaii.
Doris became close with Duke and his brothers (especially Sam), who taught her how to surf.
Yes, the ultra-rich tobacco heiress was out there riding waves with the Waikiki Beach Boys, long before it was considered “proper” for women to do so.
men who live horrible bleak lives will come into some rec sport like it’s their last chance for redemption and then demonstrate why they live horrible bleak lives
Scary part of the world is once we are all out of school all the short bus people are thrown into society with the normal people and this is what you get . Cause what the fuck .