Great Moments in Women’s Sports

Wimbledon’s ground-breaking announcement last week for equal prize money for its men’s and women’s champions is one of Sports Illustrated’s landmark moments in women’s sports history. On its Web site, SI takes a photographic look at other milestones in women’s sports. Other top events include the U.S. women’s soccer team winning the World Cup, the launch of the WNBA, the famous “Battle of the Sexes” between Billie Jean King and Bobbie Riggs, and the ruling allowing women reporters in the locker room.

Serena's "Bootylicious" Body

Despite her surprising victory in the Australian Open last weekend, Serena Williams still had to respond to criticism about her weight and physical appearance. Her comments in this week's issue of Sports Illustrated showed that she's not afraid of telling it like it is.

"[It's] just because I have large bosoms and a big ass," she told SI. "I think if I were not to eat for two years, I still wouldn't be a size two. We're living in the Mary-Kate Olsen world. I'm just not built that way. I'm bootylicious, and that's how it's always going to be."

Bootylicious? Is that what they call full-figured women these days?