In the dress (now in the Smithsonian collections), on September 20, 1973, Billie Jean King crushed Bobby Riggs with her serve and volley game, winning the match 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Focus on Sport/Getty ...

Fifty years ago, Billie Jean King fought for equality in women's sports in front of a global audience. Through Battle of the Sexes, she also brought a spotlight to the newly formed Women's Tennis ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On September 20, 1973, tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in the iconic “Battle of the Sexes” match. Riggs had established quite the reputation of being cocky and ...

It was the only tennis match to start with a piglet being handed over to one of the competitors - but this was no ordinary match. On 20 September 1973, an estimated 90 million people around the world ...

On Sept. 20, 1973, tennis greats Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs faced off in one of the most famous tennis matches in history, known as the "Battle of the Sexes." The match came at a pivotal time ...

There aren’t many days in the history of women’s sports more significant than Sept. 20, 1973. Despite the garish spectacle of Billie Jean King being carried into the Astrodome on a chariot by ...

Legendary tennis star Billie Jean King says the upcoming ‘Battle of the Sexes’ clash between Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka is ‘just not the same’ as the battle she underwent with Bobby Riggs during ...

While watching archival footage of a 28-year-old Billie Jean King play her famous Battle of the Sexes tennis match against Bobby Riggs at the Sundance premiere of Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff's new ...