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 ...

Today in Sports, September 20 - Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in straight sets to win the Battle of the Sexes ...

The 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, billed as "Battle of the Sexes," is apparently the hottest sports movie property in Hollywood. Just over a month after HBO announced it ...

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 ...

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 ...

An article on Title IX in the Wall Street Journal today [subscription required] includes a brief discussion of how Billie Jean King’s defeat of Bobby Riggs in a September 1973 tennis match was a ...