How big was the "Battle of the Sexes"? Ninety million people tuned in worldwide and 30,000 came to the Houston Astrodome to watch 29-year-old and 1972 World No. 1 Billie Jean King face 55-year-old and ...

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 ...

1913 — Twenty-year-old amateur Francis Ouimet beats Britain’s Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in an 18-hole playoff to win the U.S. Open.