Billie Jean King sparked huge momentum in gender equality with her win over Bobby Riggs in the 1973 Battle of the Sexes ...

As WTA legend Billie Jean King registered a remarkable victory over Bobby Riggs, she not only etched her name in history books but also inspired a deep social impact. Renowned journalist Joel ...

The world of tennis is this week celebrating the 50th anniversary of Billie Jean King beating Bobby Riggs in the historic "Battle of the Sexes". The exhibition match between King, who was 29 and ...

Without Billie Jean King, the world for women, particularly women in sports, would look very different. Read more on Grazia.

Billie Jean King ... her high-school-gym debut, King was playing before a worldwide audience in the Astrodome, where she changed history again by beating Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes.

Bobby Riggs had been a great champion in the 1930s ... initially issuing a challenge to the player he thought was the world’s best, Billie Jean King. Well aware that there was little upside ...

Billie Jean King crushed Bobby Riggs in straight sets (6-4, 6-3, 6-3) in 1973's "Battle of the Sexes." Yet of all her victories, the one that is remembered most is her beating a 55-year-old man.

Billie Jean ... The bill to honor King had already passed unanimously in the Senate. The honor comes just after the 50th ...

the 1973 tennis match between women's world champion Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-men's-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) was billed as the BATTLE OF THE SEXES and became ...

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 ...