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

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

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

Billie Jean King will become the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Reps.

King's opinions elicited a lot of chatter online, with former world No. 1 Andy Roddick saying on Tennis Channel that he wasn't 'much of a fan' of one of the ideas specifically.

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 will become the first-ever female athlete to receive the Congressional Gold Medal after a bill to honor the tennis legend passed.

On September 20, 1973, Billie Jean King bested Bobby Riggs, in what was dubbed The Battle of the Sexes tennis match. Riggs was misogynist who claimed women were inferior and he could beat any female ...

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 ...

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

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