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 ...

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 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 ...

When they arrive at college, they feel the same way. But when I ask those same students if they recognize the name Billie Jean King, only a handful can do so. That’s unfortunate, because King ...

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.

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 ...

Sports trailblazer and iconic tennis player Billie Jean King joins TODAY to discuss the “Billie Jean King Cup,” the largest annual women’s tennis team competition. She also talks about being ...

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 ...

The Billie Jean King Cup Finals will mark the conclusion of the 2024 women’s tennis season. The 12-team tournament will be played across eight days in Malaga, Spain and will feature many of the ...

King will celebrate the 50th anniversary of ... the federation resulted in a landmark $24 million settlement in 2022. “Billie doesn’t have just one meeting. She’d check in and follow up ...

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 ...

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 ...