More than five decades after tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in what was known as the “Battle of the Sexes, ...

In just five years of existence, this San Diego youth-led nonprofit organization estimates that it has donated more than 20,000 racquets across the world.

On September 20, 1973, Billie Jean King bested Bobby Riggs, in what was dubbed The Battle of the Sexes tennis match. Riggs was misogynist who claimed women were inferior and he could beat any female ...

Billie Jean King has accomplished many firsts in her life, and you can add the first individual female athlete to be awarded a Congressional Gold Medal to that list. “Billie Jean King broke ...

Billie Jean King on her legendary career and fight for equal pay in women’s sports Today, some women’s tennis players are among the highest-paid athletes in the world. But that wasn’t always ...

Raducanu and Boulter are part of a five-strong team along with Harriet Dart, Heather Watson and Olivia Nicholls ...

That’s where Samantha Chui, one of the evening’s honorees and the recipient of the Billie Jean King Junior Achievement ... raised over $500,000 from donations and ticket sales to the event.

This announcement comes on the heels of tennis icon Billie Jean King’s box debut earlier this year. At just 19 years old, in 2023, Gauff accomplished the dream of becoming the youngest American ...

The Arthur Ashe and Louis Armstrong stadiums at Queens’ Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ... Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations Gothamist is funded by sponsors and ...

While little has been humorous about the past two years for the Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission, President ...

Billie Jean King is set to become the first-ever female athlete to receive the Congressional Gold Medal after the House passed a bill to honor the tennis legend and advocate. Rep. Sherrill said in ...

Billie Jean King held the No. 1 ranking in women's tennis for years, and now she'll be No. 1 again, this time as the first ...