In the dress (now in the Smithsonian collections), on September 20, 1973, Billie Jean King crushed Bobby Riggs with her serve and volley game, winning the match 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Focus on Sport/Getty ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On September 20, 1973, tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in the iconic “Battle of the Sexes” match. Riggs had established quite the reputation of being cocky and ...

There aren’t many days in the history of women’s sports more significant than Sept. 20, 1973. Despite the garish spectacle of Billie Jean King being carried into the Astrodome on a chariot by ...

On Sept. 20, 1973, tennis greats Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs faced off in one of the most famous tennis matches in history, known as the "Battle of the Sexes." The match came at a pivotal time ...

Legendary tennis star Billie Jean King says the upcoming ‘Battle of the Sexes’ clash between Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka is ‘just not the same’ as the battle she underwent with Bobby Riggs during ...

Tennis great Billie Jean King says the 'Battle of the Sexes' match between Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios is "not the same" as her era-defining meeting with Bobby Riggs. American King famously beat ...

While watching archival footage of a 28-year-old Billie Jean King play her famous Battle of the Sexes tennis match against Bobby Riggs at the Sundance premiere of Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff's new ...

In 1973, Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in the second-ever "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match. Aryna Sabalenka tried to replicate that excellence Sunday against Nick Kyrgios, but fell short of ...

Chilina Kennedy as Billie Jean King in Billie Jean at Chicago Shakespeare Theater Credit: Justin Barbin For those of us old enough to remember 1973’s “Battle of the Sexes” between Billie Jean King and ...