There is something about the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club that Serena Williams really likes.

    A month after cruising through the field en route to her fifth Wimbledon championship, Williams returned to the famed grass courts for the London Olympics and basically made the rest of the field look silly.

    Williams coasted to the gold medal with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Maria Sharapova in just 66 minutes.

    Competing in her third Olympics, Williams was never challenged.

    The 14-time Grand Slam winner lost just 17 games in the six matches she played and was never pushed beyond 6-3 in any set.

    One simple word comes to mind of the performance by Williams: Dominant.

    Williams said she did not believe she had ever played better from start to finish in a tournament than she did over the past week in London.

    I think the rest of the world would agree, even though the rankings will not reflect it.

    Williams will be fourth in the next rankings behind Victoria Azarenka (who won a bronze medal), Sharapova  and Agnieszka Radwanska.

    Is that fair? Probably not. But when you don’t play well for over a year like Serena did, the younger players take over.

    At 30 years old, Williams has already accomplished more than many other players in tennis. To be honest, most players don’t even make it to 30 before deciding to call it a career.

    This is Williams’ third gold medal after winning doubles gold in 2000 and 2008. But it was her first in singles and according to her, the last major prize she was missing.

    Williams performance over the last month has said one thing to the tennis world: Serena is not done winning championships.

    While the Olympics have taken most of the sports spotlight lately, I figured now would be a good time to mention a few other things that have caught my eye over the last week.

    Let’s start first in Canton, Ohio and Saturday night’s NFL Hall of Fame inductions.

    Six new members were enshrined Saturday night, five of which were players that I grew up watching.

    Willie Roaf, Chris Doleman, Cortez Kennedy, Dermontti Dawson, Curtis Martin and 1950’s cornerback Jack Butler will forever have their busts on display for football the world to see.

    The city of Pittsburgh was strongly represented during the ceremony as Martin and Doleman went to the University of Pittsburgh. Brown and Dawson played for the Steelers, so needless to say the Terrible Towels were out in full force.

    Of the six new members to the hall, Martin is the one I remember the most, specifically him torching defenses as a member of the Patriots and Jets.

    Martin was one of the quietest guys in the league as he let his play do the talking on his way to being one of the best running backs in NFL history.

    Martin missed just two games during his 11-year career, topping the 1,000-yard mark in 10 of those seasons.

    With all of the nonsense going on in the NFL these days it’s good to see a good guy get recognized for a stellar career.

    Finally, there is the ever changing situation at Penn State.

    Now I am not going to talk about the sanctions leveled against the program. Instead I am going to talk about the exodus of top players as they are transferring to different schools at a rapid rate.

    Quarterback Rob Bolden was one of the first to go, transferring to LSU. Leading rusher Silas Redd is taking his talents to USC and on Saturday wide receiver Justin Brown left for Oklahoma, bringing to the total number of players leaving to nine. That does include those who have de-committed.

    So much for “We are Penn. St.”

    I think the NCAA allowing the kids to leave is a good thing for the players. But for fans and alumni of Penn St., things will never be what they were.

    Happy Valley will not be happy for the foreseeable future.