All hail the queen. Serena Williams made her case as the sports world's leading fashionista at her opening match Monday night at the U.S. Open. Serena wore a Puma-labeled, all-in-one, skin-tight, black faux-leather, Daisy-Duke-cut uniform, complemented with a pink wristband and a little ice on the wrist. This ain't Wimbledon; it was pure New York.
Whether she wins the Open or not, she has set a new bar for women's tennis. And don't be looking for it at your local shopping center, either. Let Serena tell you herself: "If you don't have a decent shape, this isn't the outfit to have." If only that was posted in every dressing room in town.
So now that you know one thing that's "in," check out
the rest of what's cool and passé in sports:
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What's Hot, What's Not this week
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| Category |
Hot |
Not |
| Jamal Anderson pun |
Boston Flee Party |
Boston TD Party |
| Overrated |
Florida State |
Seneca Wallace |
| Heisman front-runner |
Maurice Clarett |
Kliff Kingsbury |
| New-logo mania |
Grizzlies |
Hornets |
| LLWS hotbed |
Brooklyn in '03 |
Harlem in '02 |
| Labor issue |
Still the money |
Drug-testing |
| Oh, the fans will care! |
Sportswriters on strike! |
Players on strike! |
| That feisty Cincy QB battle |
Gus Frerotte |
Jon Kitna |
| NFL bandwagon |
Chemistry |
Talent |
| Hoops World Championships |
Dirk Nowitzki |
The Hardly-a-Dream Team |
| Out pitch |
Eephus |
Sinker |
| NBA free agent |
Bryon Russell |
Rafer Alston |
| NFL "-ologist" |
Replay-ologist |
Cap-ologist |
| What to say 'bout Anna K. |
No winning, no problem |
Enough of the losing already |
| Savior of men's tennis |
James Blake |
Andy Roddick |
| Baseball alliterative name
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Jacque Jones
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Coco "15 Minutes" Crisp |
| Weekend matchup |
Washington-Michigan |
Owners-players |
| Olympic sport |
Golf |
Baseball |
A very special What's Hot, What's Not List supplement
In honor of Page 2's tribute to sports movies, we present a special
supplement to the weekly "What's Hot, What's Not" list:
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What's Hot, What's Not with sports films
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| Category |
Hot |
Not |
| Plots |
Flawed heroes |
Scrappy underdogs |
| Sport subject |
Anything "X" |
Baseball |
| Worthy of a sequel |
"Blue Crush II: Beach Party" |
"Juwanna Mann II: S/he's Back" |
| Britney Spears |
NASCAR-style movie-star |
Top 40 hit-maker |
| Candidates for new Fed chair |
Hoosiers' Norman Dale |
Rocky's Paulie |
| Actor |
Vin Diesel |
Ving Rhames |
| Documentaries |
Bull-riding |
Boxing |
| Underappreciated |
"Rocky III" |
"Rocky V" |
| Teen genre |
Swimfan |
Summer Catch on DVD |
| Fad coming out of next season's movies |
Bear Bryant-style hats |
"Quidditch" as Olympic sport |
Dan Shanoff is a columnist for Page 2. His "What's Hot, What's Not" trend-spotting list appears Thursdays. Got inside scoop on an up-and-coming trend? Want to declare something passé? Send this glimpse of your hipness to hotnotlist@yahoo.com.
