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Riggs vs. King was a spectacle After defeating Court, Riggs continued to talk trash, and a match against 29-year-old Billie Jean King was arranged. It would be broadcast live on ABC from the.
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While tennis champion Billie Jean King is best known for beating Riggs, her accomplishments are substantial—from winning 39 Grand Slam titles to being ranked number one in women's tennis six.
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The so-called "battle of the sexes" of Sept. 20, 1973, which pitted Bobby Riggs against Billie Jean King, was over in three straight sets and just a little more than two hours. The sex part.
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The 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs became the most watched televised sports event of all time.Battle of The Sexes - Opening Scene.
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Riggs pursued Margaret Court, Chris Evert, and Billie Jean King, three of the top four women's players that year. King and Evert turned him down, but Court, attracted by a prize of $10,000 even.
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No tennis match was ever fraught with more symbolism than the September 20, 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" clash between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. As the very name of this one-off event.
Battle of the Sexes four decades after Billie Jean King’s triumph
Nearly 50 years after her historic match against Bobby Riggs, Billie Jean King says she immediately knew it was a monumental moment. On Sept. 20, 1973, King, who was the No. 1 women's player in.
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On the evening of Sept. 20, 1973, more than 30,400 spectators filled the Houston Astrodome to watch a must-see event: 29-year-old Billie Jean King vs. 55-year-old Bobby Riggs in a tennis spectacle.
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Billie Jean King vs Bobby Riggs. The inside story of how a champion battled to change the world, is now on the new Sky Documentaries channel. The Battle of the Sexes documents the showdown between.
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Bettmann Archive. Billie Jean King, left, and Bobby Riggs play each other in a "Battle of the Sexes" match at the Houston Astrodome on September 20, 1973. AP. Riggs and King appear at a press.
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September 22, 2017 12:59 PM EDT. T he 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs was a spectacle made for Hollywood. King was at the top of her game, the first female player to win.
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44 years ago at the Astrodome the tennis icon scored a win for an entire gender. Sep. 20, 1973 was not a normal day in sports. Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs squared off in The Battle of the.
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Billie Jean King's straight-set victory over self-proclaimed male chauvinist Bobby Riggs reverberated far beyond the world of tennis. Despite losing much of his prime to World War II, Bobby.
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Bobby Riggs was a leading tennis player in the 1940s, and by the time he retired in 1951 had won six Grand Slam titles. Following his retirement he became a.
