Former world No. 1 tennis star Billie Jean King met with ... to use her platform “to advocate for equality for female athletes.” “Billie Jean King is a legendary icon who continues to ...

Billie Jean King during the Lawn Tennis Championships ... In 2008, she was appointed the Global Mentor for Gender Equality by UNESCO, where she continued her mission to equalize the playing ...

NEW YORK (AP) Billie Jean ... it.'' King was 29 when she defeated former professional tennis player Bobby Riggs, 55, in the famed ''Battle of the Sexes'' match in 1973, putting gender issues ...

It isn't a reach to say that Billie Jean King has done the most for women in their fight for equality in sports ... was born with a destiny to work for gender equity in sports and to continue ...

Women in sports aren’t just talented in their craft but they also are powerful in their capacity to transform the social ...

Billie Jean King made her professional tennis ... The problem was, the “tour” wasn’t really a thing yet. King signed with the first dual-gender pro circuit, the National Tennis League.

Get the latest on the Billie Jean King Cup Finals 2024 in Malaga, featuring WTA stars like Iga Swiatek and Emma Raducanu from ...

Forty-eight percent of the women surveyed in “Play to Lead,” all of whom played sports during their formative years, have had ...

The 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Finals offers a prize pool of $9,600,000 in total. Discover the prize money and points distribution for all rounds.

Tory Burch will be the official outfitter of the Billie Jean King Cup winners' jacket for the third consecutive year. First ...

After an ongoing landslide in Rancho Palos Verdes threatened dozens of homes, officials announced electricity would be restored to some areas after residents had gone with power and gas for months ...

Along came Billie Jean, just at the moment when ... received much less money than men earned. King's voice was heard loudest in the quest for equality. When a new women's tour was started, with ...