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

Billie Jean’s life and career is an example of using one’s platform and talents for positive, lasting change,” Gillibrand said last year in a statement introducing the bill. King ...

Billie Jean’s life and career is an example of using one’s platform and talents for positive, lasting change,” Gillibrand said last year in a statement introducing the bill. King, also a recipient of ...

Long Beach’s Billie Jean King — a tennis icon ... was among the proudest moments of her life. “That was a moment I’ll never forget,” King said in a previous interview.

Billie Jean King has truly impacted the lives of so many. I am thrilled that we are finally recognizing her with Congress' highest honor," Sherrill said. "Throughout her extraordinary life ...