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SI:AM | Serena Williams Is Retiring—But Not Immediately

Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. It’s rare for a summer morning to start out with sports news this monumental.

In today’s SI:AM:

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Goodbye to the GOAT

Serena Williams, the greatest women’s tennis player in history—perhaps the greatest tennis player in history, period—is retiring from the game, but not right this moment.

In a first-person essay for Vogue, Williams explained that she and her husband, Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian, want to grow their family.