Angelique Kerber Stuns Serena Williams, The Australian Open Final As It Happened

Serena Williams, the defending Australian Open champion, dominated Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-0, 6-4, today and needs one more victory to capture her seventh title there and to tie Steffi Graf's Open-era record of 22 Grand Slam singles titles. Novak

Angelique Kerber beat Serena Williams to win the Australian Open. Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN the magazine tells NPR's Scott Simon how Kerber pulled off her upset, and about a scandal in the NHL.

Serena Williams, the defending Australian Open champion, dominated Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-0, 6-4, today and needs one more victory to capture her seventh title there and to tie Steffi Graf's Open-era record of 22 Grand Slam singles titles. Novak

Journalist from New Zealand, Russell Brown, tweeted: “There's a Serena Williams fan in the crowd…wearing blackface.” Mr Brown's Twitter followers were quick to crticise the fan. One user, blasted: “What was she thinking! The level of insensitivity.”.

“The very notion of Cam Newton being unapologetically black in a position historically reserved by white men, makes him the Serena Williams of football. Like Serena, Cam is met with defiance when he plays, when he expresses his emotion and especially