Billie Jean King made her professional tennis debut in Cannes, in the South of France, in the spring of 1968. That sounds like a suitably glamorous birthplace for such a storied pro career ...

Outside the lines is where the dialogue around Billie Jean King usually plays out. And why not? After all, the case can be made that no single athlete has accomplished more beyond the playing field.

2. She won her first Wimbledon title in 1961. Billie Jean King during the Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, 1982. / Bob Martin/GettyImages King won her first Wimbledon title in 1961—just ...

Sports trailblazer and iconic tennis player Billie Jean King joins TODAY to discuss the “Billie Jean King Cup,” the largest ...

Hillary Clinton, Bernice King, more stars celebrate Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination Before Battle of the Sexes, watch the original Billie Jean King-Bobby Riggs tennis match Battle ...

Billie Jean King started the Women's Sports Foundation with a $5,000 check. She's turned that investment into $100 million and a half century of helping girls and women achieve their dreams ...

Billie Jean King won six Wimbledon singles championships and four U.S. Open titles. She was ranked No. 1 in the world five years. She defeated such magnificent players as Martina Navratilova ...

LONDON -- The Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup competitions are both changing their formats next year. The International ...

Tennis legend Billie Jean King recalled the difficulties she faced to obtain an abortion in 1971. King, 78, wrote that she underwent the procedure — which required approval from a hospital ...

Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup Encourage Donations for Spanish Flood Recovery Efforts MALAGA, Spain (AP) — With the finals of the Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup set to be played in ...

Billie Jean King won a dozen Grand Slam singles titles, including six Wimbledon championships and four U.S. crowns. She was ranked No. 1 in the world five years. She defeated such magnificent ...

Recommended Videos The Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup, along with the ITF, “are donating to the Cruz Roja, and we encourage all our fans and followers to contribute as well.” The ITF did ...