The magazine Sports Illustrated named American tennis player Serena Williams the 2015 Sportsperson of the Year. Williams is the first woman to receive the honor since 1983. #Serena trended on Twitter worldwide. “Serena Williams” was the third-most popular search topic on Google today in the United States. Williams’ fans tweeted their approval of the sports magazine’s choice. But some were unhappy with the decision to give Williams the honor. They believed the racehorse American Pharaoh should have won. The horse had won the “people’s choice” poll by Sports Illustrated. American Pharaoh won the 2015 Triple Crown in American horseracing. He also won the Breeders’ Cup Classic. In doing so, he completed the 'Grand Slam' of American horseracing. Twitter users pointed out while American Pharoah won a Grand Slam, Serena Williams fell short. She won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon, but lost in the semifinal at the U.S. Open in September.
Title: Serena's Big Year
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/681/serena_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Serena's Big Year' data-article-id='1062'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9396'>The magazine Sports Illustrated named American tennis player Serena Williams the 2015 Sportsperson of the Year. </span> <span data-start-time='9396' data-end-time='14792'>Williams is the first woman to receive the honor since 1983.</span> <span data-start-time='14792' data-end-time='18479'>#Serena trended on Twitter worldwide. </span> <span data-start-time='18479' data-end-time='26021'>“Serena Williams” was the third-most popular search topic on Google today in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='26021' data-end-time='32083'>Williams’ fans tweeted their approval of the sports magazine’s choice.</span> <span data-start-time='32083' data-end-time='36938'>But some were unhappy with the decision to give Williams the honor. </span> <span data-start-time='36938' data-end-time='42083'>They believed the racehorse American Pharaoh should have won. </span> <span data-start-time='42083' data-end-time='47438'>The horse had won the “people’s choice” poll by Sports Illustrated.</span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time=''></span> <span data-start-time='47438' data-end-time='54688'>American Pharaoh won the 2015 Triple Crown in American horseracing. </span> <span data-start-time='54688' data-end-time='58604'>He also won the Breeders’ Cup Classic. </span> <span data-start-time='58604' data-end-time='65104'>In doing so, he completed the 'Grand Slam' of American horseracing.</span> <span data-start-time='65104' data-end-time='74375'>Twitter users pointed out while American Pharoah won a Grand Slam, Serena Williams fell short. </span> <span data-start-time='74375' data-end-time='84771'>She won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon, but lost in the semifinal at the U.S. Open in September.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/681/serena_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=4762 data-hint-location='42083' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/681/what_does_poll_mean.m4a'>What does poll mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a series of questions used to get information about what people think'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/681/the_feeling_of_wanting_to_help.m4a'><span>the feeling of wanting to help</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/681/to_argue.m4a'><span>to argue</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/681/the_main_idea.m4a'><span>the main idea</span></div><div class='choice' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/681/sports_illustrated.m4a'><span>Sports Illustrated</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/681/allure.m4a'><span>Allure</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=4764 data-hint-location='36938' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/681/some_believed_the__blank__american_pharaoh_should_have_won_the_honor.m4a'>Some believed the <span class='blank'>racehorse</span> American Pharaoh should have won the honor.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='racehorse'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/681/racehorse.m4a'><span>racehorse</span></div><div class='choice' 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