Article: When she was King: sure, she whupped Bobby Riggs. But as a new ...
New York;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...CHRIS EVERT, WHO bet against Billie Jean King in the 1973 "Battle of the Sexes ... does Martina Navratilova, who helped Billie Jean to a record-breaking twentieth Wimbledon ... negotiating the homophobic backlash because Billie Jean had already been there. Even Elton ...

Article: King, Billie Jean
U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ...Billie Jean King Born: November 22, 1943Long Beach ... tennis player I nternational tennis star Billie Jean King won a record twenty Wimbledon championships ... in sports. Encouraged by her parents Billie Jean (Moffitt) King was born on November ...

Article: Billie Jean King
Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ...Billie Jean King International tennis star Billie Jean King (born 1943) did much to win equal treatment for women in sports. Billie Jean (Moffit) King was born on November 22, 1943, in the southern California city of Long Beach. Both she ...

Transcript: Tribute to Billie Jean King On Her 50th Birthday
NPR Morning Edition;  November 24, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... It was 20 years ago this fall that Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the tennis ... tennis boom among both men and women. Billie Jean King dominated women's tennis throughout ... on November 22nd. In the year 1943, Billie Jean King was born on that day and so this ...

Article: Billie Jean King's Women's Sports Foundation ...
U.S. Newswire;  May 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Sports Foundation announces opening of Billie Jean King International Womens Sports Center ... history and the women making it. The Billie Jean King International Womens Sports Center ... of the Womens Sports Foundation, the Billie Jean King International Womens Sports Center ...

Article: Cal State L.A. Athletics to Hold 'Billie Jean King ...
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  September 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... alumnus and tennis hall of famer Billie Jean King returns to campus on Saturday, October 6, 2001, to host "Billie Jean King and Friends, Honoring Joe ... mark the fourth-straight year Billie Jean King has graciously donated her ...

Article: NCAA Honors Billie Jean King with Gerald R. Ford ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... issued the following news release: Billie Jean King, tennis great and champion for ... the benefit of student-athletes. "Billie Jean King has created new inroads for women ... At age 5, while washing dishes, Billie Jean told her mom, "I am going to do something ...