Billie Jean King

She is 68 going on 40. Her name is Billie Jean King, and she still hints that a cure to all that ails her beloved sport of tennis can be found in how she did it. "Leave your guts on the court," she says, and she means in life, as well as tennis.  

For a young New York City tennis player, it’s a long — not to mention expensive — road from the neighborhood hard court to playing Arthur Ashe Stadium in late August. But at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center in Flushing on Saturday, more ...  

Categories: Baseball, TennisTags: Billie Jean King, Philadelphia PhilliesTennis great Billie Jean King threw out the first pitch at today’s game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros. King has owned the Philadelphia Freedoms of World Team Tennis since 1974. (Elton John’s song “Philadelphia Freedom” was written in honor of King, his friend). King was introduced to the crowd as “one of America’s [...](Read more...)  

Green, red or blue -- it doesn't matter what color the clay is when Serena Williams is playing on the surface this season. The 13-time Grand Slam singles champion ran her winning streak to 14 matches after a thoroughly impressive week of clay-court tennis ...  

Tennis legend Billie Jean King speaks at the National Press Club in Washington about her efforts to get more children and adults involved in sports and a healthy lifestyle. King is a Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree and the winner of 39 ...  

Hall of Famer and women's tennis pioneer Billie Jean King is asking members of Congress to help the U.S. Tennis Association with community outreach efforts. King is in Washington to meet with lawmakers and further the USTA's efforts to develop local ...  

Among those joining the fun are Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Tracy Austin, Martina Hingis, Virginia Wade, John McEnroe and Aaron Krickstein. The real stars are the honorees, Billie Jean King and the other eight players that took part in the ...  

In 1973, she defeated Bobby Riggscq in the “Battle of the Sexescq,” a game-changing victory for women’s sports watched live by a worldwide television audience of 90 million. King went on to found the Women’s Tennis Associationcq and ...  

Justin Bieber has described his song about Mariah Yeater's false paternity accusations as his Billie Jean. Speaking to our American site, JB compared the track, which is due to appear on his upcoming album Believe, to the 1982 Michael Jackson classic.  

Kelby earned a spot in the New York State High School Championships that start at 1 p.m. Thursday at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing. Kelby will return to the BTC on Saturday to play Corning's Artem Khrapko to determine the Section ...  

"I do enjoy playing Fed Cup, I love the Fed Cup captains. I loved working with Mary Joe Fernández, I loved working with Zina Garrison and had the privilege of working with Billie Jean King. So it is not an issue of whether I am playing or not, it is more ...  

The club has helped launch the careers of Long Beach greats like Billie Jean King and Misty May-Treanor, funded tournaments, and kept struggling programs afloat. But in that time, no single donation has been bigger than the one handed out to ...  

Charlie!" Manuel thought a ball had been foul tipped. NOTES: Tennis great Billie Jean King threw out the first pitch. … Lee collided with umpire Hunter Wendelstedt in the first while trying to make a play on a base hit. Both were briefly down.  

In contrast, I was pleasantly surprised by the interviews with Billie Jean King and Katie Couric. It put them in a new light for me, and I was impressed by their transforming their personal pain and struggles (LGBT issues and colon cancer ...  

After almost two decades of highly literate profiles (of Bill Russell, Billie Jean King, Jimmy Connors, Bobby Knight, et al.), a Mexican billionaire convinced him to become the first (and only) editor of the short-lived sports tabloid the ...