Billie Jean King made ... she exulted. King had spent the previous decade on the amateur circuit, where prize money, as it had been since tennis’ invention 90 years earlier, was verboten.

Tennis legend Billie Jean King, who helped launched the WTA in the 1970s, has praised WNBA stars Caitlin Clark and Angel ...

The tennis icon shares how she warms up, keeps her body strong, and continues to inspire girls to give movement a chance.

A half-century later, Billie Jean King thinks back on the ... This was nearly three years after the Original 9 group of King, Casals and seven other female players—Peaches Bartkowicz, Judy ...

1 in the world five years. She defeated such magnificent players as Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert and Margaret Court. Billie Jean King crushed ... Team Tennis. In early 1975, Seventeen magazine ...

The world of tennis is this week celebrating the 50th anniversary of Billie Jean King beating ... it would set us back 50 years if I didn't win that match," King said. "It would ruin the women's ...

2nd July 1964: American tennis player Billie Jean Moffitt (later King) in action during a semi ... Springsteen's iconic song "Born to Run," 50 years after its original release.

Tennis legend Billie Jean King ... baseball around the globe. King, who played catch with her dad and baseball with her brother, Randy Moffitt – who pitched 12 years in the major leagues ...

The joint venture was formed three years after the competition, which first started in 1963, rebranded from the Federation Cup to it’s current name, the Billie Jean King Cup, after the tennis legend ...