From NBA superstar LeBron James to tennis sisters Venus and Serena Williams, the election of Barack Obama as America's first black president struck a special chord with many U.S. sports figures.
The Williams sisters embraced Obama's victory during the WTA Tour's season-ending tournament in Doha, Qatar.
"America is a wonderful place. I love my country, and I love living there. I love my passport. But also it's a country that almost since its beginning, it was supposed to be a place where people were escaping intolerance. It became a country that was really intolerant of different minorities and skin colors," Venus said.
"My dad grew up …
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