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

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

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

Billie Jean King, tennis legend and pioneer of equality, received the Congressional Gold Medal, solidifying her status not ...

King, who was a major advocate for the passage of Title IX in the 1970s, will be the first solo female athlete to receive the award. The measure still needs to be signed by President Joe Biden in ...

The honor is meant to recognize her “lifetime of work fighting for Title IX, and women’s and LGBTQ+ equality on and off the ...

Billie Jean King poses with the women's U.S. Open champion Aryna Sabalenka and runner-up Jessica Pegula. / Mike Frey-Imagn Images Tennis legend and activist Billie Jean King will once again make ...

Billie Jean King will make history as the first female athlete to be awarded a Congressional Gold Medal after the House ...

King will become the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. U.S. representatives Mike Sherrill and Brian Fitzpatrick successfully passed the bipartisan legislation ...