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.

Clarkdale resident and long-time Mingus High School tennis coach Andrea Meyer (far right, back row) received the Champions of ...

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

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

Billie Jean King will become the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Reps. Brian ...

1973 — Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in straight sets to win the Battle of the Sexes and the $100,000 winner-take-all purse at Houston’s Astrodome.

Tennis legend and activist Billie Jean King will once again make history by becoming the first female athlete to ever receive the Congressional Gold Medal.