*You couldn’t even make this up. Serena Williams has pulled out of the BNP Paribas at Indian Wells, in a way eerily similar to what led to the incident that has kept her away for the last 14 years.

Tennis supernova Serena Williams’ refusal to be subdued and modified within the confines of a traditionally white sport has consistently made her a target of bigotry. It was on display in 2001 at the ...

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — A decade on, it’s not the tension they remember most. It’s not the fear that after 14 years of anger and hurt, after all the attempts at rapprochement between the BNP Paribas ...

Serena Williams returned to the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday, ending a 14-year personal boycott of the $5 million tournament that began when she was booed as a teenager on her way to winning the title ...

Serena Williams is returning to play in the Indian Wells tournament that has "haunted" her since 2001 with her love of tennis and the spirit of forgiveness as motivating factors, she writes in a first ...

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- Serena Williams withdrew before her semifinal at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday night with a right knee injury, 14 years after her sisterVenusdid the same thing and triggered ...

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) Serena Williams capped a festive day for the Williams family at the BNP Paribas Open with an easy 6-2, 6-1 win over qualifier Laura Siegemund of Germany in a second round ...