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DarkJediKnight · Aug 28, 2015

http://i.*****************/i/pix/2015/08/25/08/2BA4022800000578-3209814-image-a-31_1440487962252.jpg

LOL, the undisputed best female tennis of all time is where? Back of the Bus...

This is 2015 and look at that useless Bouchard pretending to be a champion.

Stuff like this gets my blood boiled...

Gordon Shumway · Aug 28, 2015

That picture is horrible!

Because I can't see it..

Sickboy007 · Aug 28, 2015

Faily Dail? Link is banned.

McDougles · Aug 28, 2015

Sickboy007 said:
Faily Dail? Link is banned.

I think it's photobucket.

Dennis · Aug 28, 2015

DarkJediKnight said:
http://i.*****************/i/pix/2015/08/25/08/2BA4022800000578-3209814-image-a-31_1440487962252.jpg

All I see is white.....

Oh god

MrPhiliasfrog · Aug 28, 2015

Can't see it.

oneHeero · Aug 28, 2015

I clicked it but I don't see her, did I do it wrong or is it racist because it just leads to a white screen?

FortuneFaded · Aug 28, 2015

I will save the day as usual:

Fularu · Aug 28, 2015

Lol Bouchard has no place among those people

None

Jade Knight 08 · Aug 28, 2015

Can't see it.

Seductivpancakes · Aug 28, 2015

FortuneFaded said:
I will save the day as usual:

I don't get why this is racist. Someone please explain.

Kyrgios seems to be the furthest back.

Sickboy007 · Aug 28, 2015

How is that racist? It's a black woman catching a cab.

If anything it's the opposite.

FortuneFaded · Aug 28, 2015

Fularu said:
Lol Bouchard has no place among those people

None

More than Kyrgios. At least she has been to a final.

LuuKyK · Aug 28, 2015

Fularu said:
Lol Bouchard has no place among those people

None

Neither do Keys, Kyrgios or even Dimitrov. They are just there to promote the youngsters' line of Nike's outfits.

PhoenixDark · Aug 28, 2015

Please tell me no one outside of the OP is calling this racist/racial. Please.

i_am_ben · Aug 28, 2015

Well technically it looks like the Malaysian-Greek-Australian is actually at the back.

Paganmoon · Aug 28, 2015

FortuneFaded said:
I will save the day as usual:

Also ageist, since you hardly see McEnro, also wrong since no Stefan Edberg.

Also, shit like this is why it's so fucking hard to have a REAL debate about racism.

Angelus Errare · Aug 28, 2015

If Serena was white Sharapova wouldn't even be in this photoshoot.

It's pretty damning when the unarguably better player plays second fiddle to the person she beat 17 times in a row for a photoshoot/advertisement campaign.

Warm Machine · Aug 28, 2015

There is more than one photo that was taken during that event BTW.

loaf of bread · Aug 28, 2015

This is beyond reaching

Beefy · Aug 28, 2015

How is this racist?

Verdre · Aug 28, 2015

The only surprising thing about this picture is that Maria isn't holding a bag of Sugarpova.

ElectricBlanketFire · Aug 28, 2015

That's not a bus.

teruterubozu · Aug 28, 2015

Where's the bus?

Seductivpancakes · Aug 28, 2015

It looks like Serena is actually about to enter the cab, which honestly, I rather take than a bus in NYC.

Sorcerer Supreme · Aug 28, 2015

People are reaching so hard for anything to be offensive now.

Zukuu · Aug 28, 2015

People are die hard trying to color everything racist.

Gordon Shumway · Aug 28, 2015

ElectricBlanketFire said:
That's not a bus.

Yeah..what gives?

AlexMogil · Aug 28, 2015

The people in the front of the cab are miked up. Maybe the people in the front were doing some sort of song.

Simply Sami · Aug 28, 2015

DarkJediKnight said:
http://i.*****************/i/pix/2015/08/25/08/2BA4022800000578-3209814-image-a-31_1440487962252.jpg

LOL, the undisputed best female tennis of all time is where? Back of the Bus...

This is 2015 and look at that useless Bouchard pretending to be a champion.

Stuff like this gets my blood boiled...

So where is Madison Keys standing?

rawd · Aug 28, 2015

Nike Bouchard $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

oti · Aug 28, 2015

I was wondering why Sharapova is in the front and Serena in the back, I don't know if it's racist though.

Sorry OP, Graf da best playa 4evah.

Ledhead · Aug 28, 2015

You can't be serious. Even if we are following your train of thought, she is the middle of the group, not the back

FyreWulff · Aug 28, 2015

Sharapova #3 but in front instead of the #1 player

uh huh.

m hmm.

EPaul · Aug 28, 2015

This is reaching abit

Slayven · Aug 28, 2015

It is suspect that the most dominant player int he sport is not front and center.

It is like dirk nowitzki being infront of lebron James

ElectricBlanketFire · Aug 28, 2015

This doesn't even look like a final promo shot. It looks like a candid moment in the middle of a shoot.

TheLostBigBoss · Aug 28, 2015

Dreams-Visions · Aug 28, 2015

Isn't this the same picture talked about just yesterday, where it was mentioned that all of the athletes pictured rotated around positions several times during the shoot?

FortuneFaded · Aug 28, 2015

Here's an accompanying video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4ahQs6bgy4

They had more pictures taken of them standing all in a row.

teruterubozu · Aug 28, 2015

Dreams-Visions said:
Isn't this the same picture talked about just yesterday, where it was mentioned that all of the athletes pictured rotated around positions several times during the shoot?

No, please don't tamper the outrage!

valkillmore · Aug 28, 2015

TheLostBigBoss said:

Keep reaching OP.

Ray Wonder · Aug 28, 2015

Ridiculous. Why have this train of thought? You must have a terrible time in life searching for anything any everything to call racist.

Zaventem · Aug 28, 2015

Damn i'm quick to call out racism when i see it but some people see it in everything.

Messypandas · Aug 28, 2015

Thats a taxi

Derpcrawler · Aug 28, 2015

Relax, they rotated few times for different shots. This is the fine example of the outrage culture in full swing and creating controversy where there is none.

I swear, Gaf sometimes looks like a caricature of this way of thought.

IISANDERII · Aug 28, 2015

Fularu said:
Lol Bouchard has no place among those people

None

She belongs there more than Dimitrov, Keys and Kyrios. She has more slam finals and even more slam semifinals than all of them combined.

Mael · Aug 28, 2015

You can barely see Williams,
why is Bouchard getting in the way of McEnroe?
If all the shoots were taken this way I can see how there could be a problem.

oti · Aug 28, 2015

Isn't it sad how there's no competitive American male player around these days so they had to call up Agassi and Sampras?

The Beard · Aug 28, 2015

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