To be sure, that’s the hook of the film “Battle of the Sexes,” which tells the story of the famous primetime tennis match ...

“Billie Jean always credited my father with being ... It was hilarious . . . I was pathetic at first.” But by 1970, King won her first significant clay-court title, the Italian Open.

Billie Jean King made her professional tennis debut in ... someone who turned the theories of the women’s movement into reality. In 1970, she coaxed the players now known as the Original 9 ...

Billie Jean King won six Wimbledon singles championships ... in furthering the cause of women's struggle for equality in the 1970s. She was instrumental in making it acceptable for American ...

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 ...

Here’s a look at how Colorado members of Congress voted over the previous week.

🚨 Billie Jean King legendary athlete, and ardent advocate ... She has pushed for female equality in tennis since the 1970s and continues to revel in the progress that has been made in the past few ...

Here is how our House members and New York’s two senators voted on select issues during the legislative week ending Sept. 20, ...

Great Britain’s prospects of team success in Malaga this November have been significantly boosted by Emma Raducanu’s ...

As interest in tennis increases, so do the crowds at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ... said she’s seen crowds grow since the 1970s, when she attended the tournament as a child ...

Billie Jean King won a dozen Grand Slam singles titles ... in furthering the cause of women's struggle for equality in the 1970s. She was instrumental in making it acceptable for American women ...

Raducanu was key to Great Britain’s victory over France in the Billie Jean King Cup in April Getty ... tours for the first time since the late 1970s and early 1980s. That was the era when ...