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 ...

May 2, 1981 – Acknowledges that she is a lesbian after Marilyn Barnett files a palimony ... is rededicated as the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The Center is the home of the ...

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 ...

The first tie of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals between Spain and Poland was postponed on Wednesday because of a severe ...

Billie Jean King – queen of the ’60s and ’70s tennis ... Billie Jean was very publicly outed when Marilyn Barnett, an assistant she’d formed a relationship with, sued her for palimony.

Billie Jean King won a dozen Grand Slam singles titles, including six Wimbledon championships and four U.S. crowns. She was ranked No. 1 in the world five years. She defeated such magnificent ...

Tennis legend Billie Jean King speaks during a press conference before watching the first day of the Billie Jean King Cup competition between the US and Ukraine at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in ...

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 ...

(Richard A. Brooks/AFP via Getty Images) Bianca Andreescu has withdrawn from Canada's team in the Billie Jean King Cup finals. Tennis Canada said in a news release that Andreescu, from Mississauga ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here is a look at the life of tennis champion and LGBTQ activist Billie Jean King. Personal Birth date: November 22, 1943 Birth place: Long Beach, California Birth name: Billie Jean Moffitt Father: ...