The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to award a Congressional Gold Medal to tennis legend and equal rights advocate Billie ...

More than five decades after tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in what was known as the “Battle of the Sexes, ...

Billie Jean King, through her X account, has spoken out on the future of tennis, focusing on best-of-5-sets matches, like ...

Billie Jean King has accomplished many firsts in her life, and you can add the first individual female athlete to be awarded ...

On Sept. 20, 1973, in their so-called “Battle of the Sexes,” tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight ...

United States House of Representatives members Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced ...

King had already been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, says she has “broken ...

The proximity of the WTA Finals in Riyadh means top players like Swiatek and Gauff are missing the so-called 'World Cup of ...

Billie Jean King will make history as the first female athlete to be awarded a Congressional Gold Medal after the House ...

Billie Jean King held the No. 1 ranking in women's tennis for years, and now she'll be No. 1 again, this time as the first ...

The honor is meant to recognize her “lifetime of work fighting for Title IX, and women’s and LGBTQ+ equality on and off the ...