Billie Jean King ... Women's National Basketball Association's 2024 rookie class on Wednesday night in New York. "What makes me happy is creating opportunities and dreams for others," King told ...

Tennis legend Billie Jean King is warning WNBA ... guard Chennedy Carter hit her with a non-basketball cheap shot and has ...

Along came Billie Jean ... King, who received $15,000 less than Ilie Nastase did for winning the U.S. Open in 1972, said if the prize money wasn't equal by the next year, she wouldn't play ...

She played her first Grand Slam at the 1959 U.S. Championships when she was only 15 years old . 2. She won her first Wimbledon title in 1961. Billie Jean King during the Lawn Tennis Championships ...

Every year I ask my female students at Occidental College if they played sports in high school ... students if they recognize the name Billie Jean King, only a handful can do so.

The pro game became a money-based meritocracy, and the recreational game was democratized and played on newly-built public courts. More than any figure, Billie Jean King—the young champion who ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Jean King started the Women’s Sports Foundation ... She graduated from Stanford and played for the 1999 U.S. soccer team that won the World Cup before a record crowd ...

Bianca Andreescu will not be part of Canada's bid to defend their Billie Jean King Cup title as the former U.S. Open champion ...

Previously known as Fed Cup, the competition was rebranded in 2020 to align with former tennis star Billie Jean King. It will end Nov. 20, while the Davis Cup will be played Nov. 19-24, with all ...

(AP Photo/Alberto Saiz) MALAGA, Spain (AP) — With the finals of the Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup set to be played in ...

Previously known as Fed Cup, the competition was rebranded in 2020 to align with former tennis star Billie Jean King. It will end Nov. 20, while the Davis Cup will be played Nov. 19-24 ...