Billie Jean King accepts her place in Team USA Hall of Fame

Tennis legend and gender equality advocate, Billie Jean King, accepts her induction into the Team USA Hall of Fame. King was a U.S. Olympic Team coach twice ...

Billie Jean King accepts her place in Team USA Hall of Fame - KTVZ

NBC Olympics. Tennis legend and gender equality advocate, Billie Jean King, accepts her induction into the Team USA Hall of Fame. King was a U.S. Olympic ...

Billie Jean King Spent Her Life Fighting For Equality - Team USA

For her many accomplishments on and off the tennis court, King will be inducted Friday into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame in ...

Billie Jean King Keynote Speaker - Harry Walker Agency

She has created new inroads for both genders in and out of sports during her legendary career and she continues to make her mark today, primarily through the ...

Billie Jean King - International Tennis Hall of Fame

American legend Billie Jean King joined the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987.

Team USA: Billie Jean King Spent Her Life Fighting for Equality

A major spectacle that was marketed as proof that men were the superior athletes, the showdown drew an unprecedented 90 million viewers. And King, then 29 and ...

Billie Jean King offers USC Annenberg graduates wisdom from a ...

After sports icon and equality activist Billie Jean King closed out her remarks at USC Annenberg's 2024 commencement ceremony, she added in a puckish surprise.

Billie Jean King Led a Revolution in Women's Sports - Teen Vogue

King is one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Her advocacy for women's sports in the 1960s and 1970s revolutionized school, amateur, ...

Billie Jean King - Wikipedia

She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1990, and in 2006, the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City was renamed the USTA Billie Jean ...

Billie Jean King 'Booked' for Westport Library honor

King, an International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee and longtime campaigner for women's and LGBTQ rights, will be honored at the library's ...

Billie Jean King nets another legacy honor: the Congressional Gold ...

The bill to honor King, the tennis Hall of Famer and activist, passed unanimously in the Senate and then in the House of Representatives. The ...

Billie Jean King Focus of Congressional Gold Medal Bid From USTA

Billie Jean King kicked off the equal pay fight for women in sports half a century ago this year. · The tennis icon demanded equal US Open prize ...

In historic first, Billie Jean King awarded Congressional Gold Medal

In 1972, she was the catalyst for the US Open awarding equal prize money to women athletes the next year -- the first of the four Grand Slam ...

Billie Jean King, Original 9 inducted into International Tennis Hall of ...

“We wanted any girl in the world, if she was good enough, would have a place to compete, to be recognized for her accomplishments, not only her looks, and most ...

Billie Jean King - California Museum

King created new inroads for women in and out of sports during her legendary career and she continues to make her mark today. Among her many accomplishments are ...

Billie Jean King to make history with Congressional Gold Medal

The tennis Hall of Famer and activist from Long Beach, who had already been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009, ...

Who Is Billie Jean King? | Wonderopolis

Throughout her career, King spoke against gender discrimination on the court. In 1972, after winning the U.S. Open, she pointed out that the tournament awarded ...

Billie Jean King on Blazing a Trail for Future Generations - YouTube

I'm lucky he didn't kill me.That he didn't, that gave me insight into the fact that I did have some power in that situation. I completely ...

KineSophy Hall of Fame: Billie Jean King

In honor of her contributions to sports and society, KineSophy inducts tennis start and activist Billie Jean King into its hall of fame.

Billie Jean King honored for Battle of the Sexes triumph 50 years ago

King was honored at the Legends Ball after the U.S. Open women's final on Sept. 9 held in New York City. At the celebration, numerous artifacts ...