trotter in 1998. his lawyers argued for two decades that scientific evidence exonerated him. circumstantial evidence pointed to his guilt. the supreme court turned down his final appeal last night. a powerful storm in south carolina injures two people when a violent gust of wind sends an event tent airborne. strong gust lifted the tent into the air along with clemson restaurant workers who were trying to secure it. one man was lifted in the air above the roof and hit the gutter on his way down. suffered cuts and bruises and had to get stitches above his left eye. one woman was hit by a flying table. both workers were able to walk away and will be okay. the chair umpire who clashed with serena williams during last year s u.s. open will not work any matches involving serena or
barty quit tennis at 18 and burned out and said i m playing professional cricket and did that two years and was so good some thought she would have made the australian national team but barti returned to tennis in 2017 and rejuvenated now and a grand slam champ. on the men s side, novak jo djokovic blew up at a chair umpire. watch this. djokovic venting his frustration bath semifinal ride a wild one. two days and rain delay and he is beaten by a 25-year-old austrian who gets to play now
serena protested. that was her choice. she then broke her racket later on a match where she was being outplayed significantly by a 20-year-old named naomi osaka, who deserved the win. the racket smash triggered a second point deduction. those are the rules. that takes us to what matters most here, okay? the third violation and the penalty of a whole game being taken from serena williams. that s when she went at it with the chair umpire. that s what caused that third violation. and this is what has jumped the net from the tennis court to the court of public opinion. would ramos treat a man the same way? what do we know? he has not done the same thing to a man in hotly contested major finals like this one. but was it sexism on display? serena called him a thief who stole a point from her. no profanity. so was it what she said, or was it who it was coming from? instead of seeing the most
they had to say. the first coaching penalty should not have been called. that set in effect a series of events that really took this to another level. i m really upset with serena the way that she i will say she overreacted. you are in the heat of the moment, you have an opportunity to win a title that will tie you for all time wins. i think she should have just let it go. she voiced a concern with the coaching penalty. she got the code violation for smashing a racquet. when you do that it is a line in the sand. some officials will let you go. this chair umpire probably should have. some will call you for it and penalize you. that cost her a match. it s unfortunate because serena has come back in so many tournaments during the course of her career. listen, we should be saying
i think it is a great national conversation to have about what kind of demands we re placing on our female athletes. do we want them to be feminine? what is about this chair umpire? obviously, he is the one person on earth who is not speaking about this. is it because serena is a woman? because she is an african-american woman? no doubt, he was calling, for example the coaching penalty that started the entire cascade of events. he was penalizing serena and the coach for coaching, apparently according to everyone in tennis no one calls that penalty. yet this man actually called that penalty on serena williams. why did he choose that moment to call that penalty on one person in tennis, serena williams? jerry, i think that you can so many people think you have to see it one way or the