2016 (3)

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© Ben Curtis/Associated Press, File Serena Williams wrapped up a 2016 in which she won only one Grand Slam but continued to find her voice on the issues of the day.

The year will not end in the way in which Serena Williams might have hoped.

She reached three Grand Slam finals, but won only one in the follow-up to a year of such dominance and grace that she was named the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year. Along the way, she lost her No. 1 world ranking after 157 weeks, but she made

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*Stacey Dash has a new target.

Commenting on the speech given by Jesse Williams at the 2016 BET Awards, the right wing pundit wrote, “You’ve just seen the perfect example of a HOLLYWOOD plantation slave!”

“Sorry, Mr. Williams. But the fact that you were standing onstage at THOSE awards tells people you really don’t know what you’re talking about. Just spewing hate and anger,” she continued on her Patheos Blog.

Dash also took issue with Williams’ critique of “the bystander” – a term she seems

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The numerals 1 and 6, to be used to spell out 2016 during the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration, are unveiled in Times Square on Dec. 15, 2015, in New York City. (PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES)

The new year serves as a fresh start and the perfect opportunity to start striving toward whatever goal you have your heart set on. Whether you’re trying to lose weight or get promoted at work, setting a resolution is motivating, uplifting and refreshing.

But, sadly, many goals are abandoned by the time F

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