Billie Jean King, through her X account, has spoken out on the future of tennis, focusing on best-of-5-sets matches, like ...

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 ...

King's opinions elicited a lot of chatter online, with former world No. 1 Andy Roddick saying on Tennis Channel that he wasn't 'much of a fan' of one of the ideas specifically.

Billie Jean King has accomplished many firsts in her life, and you can add the first individual female athlete to be awarded ...

United States House of Representatives members Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced ...

The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to award a Congressional Gold Medal to tennis legend and equal rights advocate Billie ...

The tennis Hall of Famer and activist from Long Beach, who had already been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 ...

Bipartisan legislation to award King the medal passed through the House of Representatives, and now it will head to the ...

Billie Jean King has accomplished many firsts in her ... s victory over Bobby Riggs in the “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match. It is still the most-watched tennis match of all time with ...

Billie Jean King is set to become the first-ever female athlete to receive the Congressional Gold Medal after the House ...