The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to award a Congressional Gold Medal to tennis legend and equal rights advocate Billie ...
Tennis legend and activist Billie Jean King will once again make history by becoming the first female athlete to ever receive ...
The tennis legend visited senior living facility Atria Darien on Thursday to share insights into her career and lifetime ...
Tennis legend Billie Jean King, a minority owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers who helped launch the Professional Women’s Hockey ...
The tennis Hall of Famer and activist from Long Beach, who had already been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 ...
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 is set to become the first-ever female athlete to receive the Congressional Gold Medal after the House passed a bill to honor the tennis legend and advocate. Rep. Sherrill said in ...
For this year’s competition — held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ... match was to me,” Hallen told the tennis legend. “You did it, and you made a hero and a ...
The sky is the limit for Billie Jean King. The tennis legend — dubbed “Equality Champion” — is setting her sights on a new ...