<p><div class="image-container float_right" style="width:480px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/51e57248eab8eaa459000010-1200-924/agnieszka-radwanska-body-church-2.jpg?maxX=480" border="0" alt="Agnieszka Radwanska Body Church" width="480" /><p class="source">Julian Finney/Getty Images</p></div></div><keyword id="59057" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Agnieszka-Radwanska">Agnieszka Radwanska</keyword> was kicked out of her role as ambassador for a <keyword id="64436" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Catholic-Church">Catholic church</keyword> group called Youth Crusade after posing nude in <keyword id="56400" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="ESPN">ESPN</keyword> The Magazine's '"<keyword id="1739455" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Body-Issue">Body Issue</keyword>," <a href="http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/id/9481426/tennis-star-agnieszka-radwanska-dropped-church-group-posing-espn-body-issue">according to ESPN</a>. </p>
<p><span>The church group decided that Radwanska's appearance in <a href="http://espn.go.com/espn/photos/gallery/_/id/9428872/image/44/agnieszka-radwanska-2013-body-issue-bodies-want-espn-magazine">the magazine</a> was "immoral</span> behavior" and severed its relationship with the tennis star.</p>
<p>Senior Catholic priest Father Marek Dziewiecki <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/10171554/Tennis-star-Agnieszka-Radwanska-under-fire-for-ESPN-naked-photo-shoot.html">told the Telegraph</a>:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>"It's a shame that someone who has declared their love for Jesus is now promoting the mentality of men looking at a woman as a thing rather than a child of God worthy of respect and love."</span></p>
<p>Radwanska is obviously nude in the photos, but nothing is visible beyond what a bathing suit would reveal. As we have <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/beautiful-images-from-the-espn-body-issue-2012-7?op=1">argued in the past</a>, the Body Issue is not porn, but art.</p>
<p>Radwanska is highly religious, appearing in commercials encouraging young Poles to take pride in their Catholic faith.</p>

Tennis Star Agnieszka Radwanska Dropped From Her Church Group After Posing Nude In The 'Body Issue'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Serena Williams announced that she was <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/serena-williams-retirement-in-her-own-words">"evolving away from tennis"</a> ahead of <a href="https://www.insider.com/serena-williams-us-open-win-delays-retirement-2022-8">the 2022 US Open</a>.</li><li>The 23-time Grand Slam champ <a href="https://www.insider.com/serena-williams-beats-anett-kontaveit-final-us-open-2022-8">exceeded expectations</a> by advancing to the <a href="https://www.insider.com/serena-williams-us-open-finale-fairy-tale-ending-tennis-goat-2022-8">third round in New York</a>.</li></ul><p>It's been nearly three months since Serena Williams' <a href="https://www.insider.com/serena-williams-us-open-finale-fairy-tale-ending-tennis-goat-2022-8">fairy-tale finale at the 2022 US Open</a>.</p><p>And now, after taking a moment to marinate in her newfound free time since <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/serena-williams-retirement-in-her-own-words">"evolving away from tennis,"</a> the 23-time Grand Slam champion seems to have found the itch to return to the court.</p><p>On November 24 — Thanksgiving Day in the United States — Williams shared a photo of a new tennis racket on her Instagram story. She paired the picture with a caption that likely intrigued the millions of fans who followed her illustrious career:</p><p>"I'm a little bored."</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1595818402618253312">November 24, 2022</a></blockquote><p>That same day, Williams was spotted on the court with her older sister Venus and another active WTA player. Urszula Radwanska, the younger sister of retired Polish tennis star Agnieszka Radwanska, posted an Instagram story of herself posing with the Williams sisters on a court in Jupiter, Florida.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1596146937492807686">November 25, 2022</a></blockquote><p>Serena's seemingly impromptu trip to the hardcourt isn't the only sign that she may be thinking of finding her way back to high-level tennis competition. She vastly exceeded expectations in Flushing Meadows this summer, besting world No. 2 Anett Kontaveit during a stunning run to the third round of the final Grand Slam of the year.</p><p>Williams' strong form "makes it a little bit harder" to walk away, she said upon bowing out of what was widely expected to be the final tournament of her career.</p><p>"I was just getting better with each week," Williams said at the time. "I know that if I started sooner or played more, then I would still be competing at such a top level."</p><div type="image" title="Serena Williams." height="1666" width="2222" msid="95838744" hostid="261" sizebytes="97860"></div><p>"The more tournaments I play, I feel like the more I can belong out there," she added. "That's a tough feeling to have, and to leave knowing the more you do it, the more you can shine."</p><p>A month and a half later, that "tough feeling" seemed to sink in even deeper. While at a tech conference in San Francisco to promote her venture capital fund — Serena Ventures — Williams insisted that she's "not retired" and that "the chances [of her return] are very high."</p><p>"I still haven't really thought about [retirement]," Williams said, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/-not-retired-serena-williams-says-rcna53898">per NBC</a>. "But I did wake up the other day and go on the court and [considered] for the first time in my life that I'm not playing for a competition, and it felt really weird.</p><p>"It was like the first day of the rest of my life and I'm enjoying it, but I'm still trying to find that balance," she added.</p><div type="image" title="Serena Williams." height="1666" width="2222" msid="95838747" hostid="261" sizebytes="124766"></div><p>That balance may very well include playing under the bright lights whenever she feels inclined to do so. On the court following her 2022 US Open defeat, Williams left open the possibility that she'd reconsider her "evolution" away from tennis.</p><p>And during her press conference later that evening, she left fans with good reason to hope:</p><p>"I always did love Australia," Williams said with a smile.</p><p>Could we see the GOAT suit up in Melbourne for the Australian Open come January? As Williams said at Arthur Ashe following her final US Open match: "You never know." </p>

Serena Williams teased a return to tennis with an Instagram story suggesting she's 'a little bored'

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5748ad2552bcd0320c8c59de-1307/french%20open%20rally.png" alt="french open rally" data-mce-source="Via Roland Garros/Twitter" data-link="https://twitter.com/rolandgarros/status/736205516314005505"><p class="source"><span><a href="https://twitter.com/rolandgarros/status/736205516314005505">Via Roland Garros/Twitter</a></span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>Second-ranked&#xa0;Agnieszka Radwanska and 30th-ranked&#xa0;Barbora Strycova created one of the wildest rallies at the French Open on Friday.</p><p>Down 3-0 in the middle of the second set, Strycova was serving to Radwanska, down a set in the match.</p><p>The two exchanged a couple of normal returns when Strycova slipped on the clay going near the sidelines to return a shot. As Radwanska went to make her return, she too slipped and fell off her feet as she made the return.</p><p>Incredibly, Strycova attempted to get back up, slipped again, yet sent it back over the net. Radwanska struggled to her feet, ran to the net, and sent it back. That's when Strycova finally got up, and sent the return past Radwanska for the point, as the crowd ooh'd and ah'd.</p><p>Strycova took the second set in a tiebreaker, sending it to a third and final set.</p><p>Watch the wild sequence below:</p><p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>WUT just happened?! Ninjas unite on Lenglen. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RG16?src=hash">#RG16</a> <a href="https://t.co/X0WTf1a3NA">https://t.co/X0WTf1a3NA</a></p>- Roland Garros  (@rolandgarros) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/736205516314005505">May 27, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></p><p>&#xa0;</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/greg-normans-advice-jordan-spieth-after-the-masters-2016-5">Golf legend Greg Norman's advice for Jordan Spieth after his Masters meltdown</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="tvcGdtMzE6zIG7qEyw4FMZjIIsVIk-yE" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'tvcGdtMzE6zIG7qEyw4FMZjIIsVIk-yE',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

A wild rally at the French Open continued even after both women fell to the ground and kept hitting shots

<p>It's only March, but you will have a hard time finding a better <keyword id="6355013" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="tennis">tennis</keyword> shot this year than this behind-the-back, no-look winner by Agnieszka Radwanska.</p>
<p>The shot came after a ball that appeared to be heading up the line, hit the net and went behind Radwanska. Instincts took over and <span>Radwanska</span> punched at the ball before it ever even hit the ground. Be sure to watch the reaction from her opponent, who looks genuinely angry at her misfortune:</p>
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This Behind-The-Back Shot May Be The Tennis Shot Of The Year

<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/53875a7269bedd890d46c94d-1200-924/dwyane-wade-athletes-pay-cut-3.jpg" border="0" alt="Dwyane Wade Athletes Pay Cut" style="float: right;" /><p class="source"><span>Ronald Martinez/Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">It's Dwyane, not Dwayne.</p></div><p></p></div></div>With the Scripps National Spelling Bee crowning a </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/scripps-national-spelling-bee-winners-2014-5" target="_blank">new victor</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> this afternoon, The Wall Street Journal has </span><a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/krzyzewski-can-you-use-the-word-in-a-sentence-please-1401321344" target="_blank">put together a ranking</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> of athletes and coaches whose names are most commonly misspelled based on research from the content aggregation site Factiva. </span></p>
<p>Leading the way is Miami Heat guard Dwyane - not Dwayne - Wade, whose first name has been spelled incorrectly in 6,480 of the 142,599 articles Factiva aggregated, good for 4.3%. </p>
<p>Taking second place is Calgary Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff, whose second "i" has been omitted 3.2% of the time. Other notable finishers include Mark Buehrle (2.8%), Skylar Diggins (1.8%), and Agnieszka Radwanska (1.8%).</p>
<p>But perhaps the most interesting result is Mike Kryzyewski. The Duke men's basketball coach may don the most notoriously difficult surname in all of sports, and yet, Krzyzewski has only been misspelled in 0.3% of articles. The last name of Coach K's former AP Player of the Year, J.J. Redick, meanwhile, has been misspelled 1.8% of the time.</p>
<p>Other seemingly straightforward athlete names, like third basemen Cal Ripken and Alex Rodriguez, also made the list.  </p>
<p>Notable snubs include Milwaukee Bucks guard Giannis Antetokounmpo, Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, and Greek soccer player Sokratis Papastathopoulous. </p>
<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/krzyzewski-can-you-use-the-word-in-a-sentence-please-1401321344">See the whole list over at the WSJ &gt;</a></p>

The Most Commonly Misspelled Names in Sports

<p><div class="image-container float_right" style="width:480px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/5149d311eab8ea7c1300000a-620-465/kerri-walsh-2.jpg?maxX=480" border="0" alt="kerri walsh" width="480" /><p class="source">Cameron Spencer/Getty Images</p></div></div>The <a href="http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/page/bodyissue2013/colin-kaepernick-kenneth-faried-matt-harvey-pose-nude-2013-body-issue-espn-magazine">list of athletes who will pose nude</a> in next month's "<keyword id="1739455" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Body-Issue">Body Issue</keyword>" of <keyword id="56400" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="ESPN">ESPN</keyword> The Magazine is out.</p>
<p>The biggest names: 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, Olympic volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings, Wizards point guard John Wall, and 77-year-old golf legend Gary Player</p>
<p>The Body Issue is kind of like ESPN's answer to Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue. It features naked <keyword id="24261" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Athletes">athletes</keyword> in a variety of poses that show off how incredibly muscular they are.</p>
<p>While <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/beautiful-images-from-the-espn-body-issue-2012-7">many of the shots are incredibly artistic</a>, the magazine always takes a lot of heat for the issue.</p>
<p>Here's the full list of Body Issue athletes this year:</p>
<p>Colin Kaepernick (NFL)</p>
<p>Kerri Walsh-Jennings (volleyball)</p>
<p>John Wall (NBA)</p>
<p>Gary Player (golf)</p>
<p>Matt Harvey (MLB)</p>
<p>Kenneth Faried (NBA)</p>
<p>Giancarlo Stanton (MLB)</p>
<p>Swin Cash (WNBA)</p>
<p>Courtney Force (auto racing)</p>
<p>Vernon Davis (NFL)</p>
<p>John Isner (tennis)</p>
<p>Sydney Leroux (soccer)</p>
<p>Carly Booth (golf)</p>
<p>Joffrey Lupul (NHL)</p>
<p>Elena Hight (snowboarding)</p>
<p>Agnieszka Radwanska (tennis)</p>
<p>Chris Sharma and Daila Ojeda (rock climbing)</p>
<p>Miesha Tate (MMA)</p>
<p>Marlen Esparza (boxing)</p>
<p>Tarah Gieger (motocross)</p>

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