Billie Jean King sparked huge momentum in gender equality with her win over Bobby Riggs in the 1973 Battle of the Sexes ...
The tennis icon shares how she warms up, keeps her body strong, and continues to inspire girls to give movement a chance.
Dove is proving their commitment to championing girls’ body confidence in sports with a new Super Bowl commercial and ...
Billie Jean King – queen of the ’60s and ’70s tennis ... taught her to care less about winning Billie Jean describes her parents as kind, hardworking, very strict but very loving.
Billie Jean King won six Wimbledon singles championships ... She developed into a star softball shortstop before her parents decided that she should pursue a more "ladylike" sport and give up ...
In 1973, when I was 12, I was at my father’s house in Los Angeles when he clicked on the TV to watch Billie Jean King play Bobby ... my mom had enough, and my parents divorced.
Outside the lines is where the dialogue around Billie Jean King usually plays out. And why not? After all, the case can be made that no single athlete has accomplished more beyond the playing field.
Billie Jean King won a dozen Grand Slam singles titles ... She developed into a star softball shortstop before her parents decided that she should pursue a more "ladylike" sport, and give up ...
“My parents raised two highly competitive athletes ... to climb the latter of professional sports. Tennis legend Billie Jean King was honored with a bronze statue at Cal State LA on Wednesday ...