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Tennis great Billie Jean King speaks after being introduced as grand marshal of the 136th Rose Parade next year on the front steps of the Tournament House in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Billie Jean King and 100 athletes to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her Women’s Sports Foundation

By Melissa Murphy - Associated Press

Tennis great Billie Jean King smiles as she is introduced as grand marshal of the 136th Rose Parade next year on the front steps of the Tournament House in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Billie Jean King named grand marshal for the 136th Rose Parade on Jan. 1

By Beth Harris - Associated Press

Yuliya Shupenia, left, Iris Harris, center, and coach Chris Tontz watch players on a practice court at the Charleston Open tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Monday, April 3, 2023. Yuliya Shupenia and Iris Beatrice Harris are participants in the women’s professional tennis tour’s Coaching Inclusion Program to develop female coaches. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)

Just 5% of women’s players at Wimbledon have a female coach. The tennis tour wants to change that.

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

Tennis star Billie Jean King speaks about sexual equality before the Senate education subcommittee in Washington, Nov. 9, 1973. Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the meeting on June 21, 1973, at the Gloucester Hotel — about a mile south of Hyde Park in the heart of the British capital — where King and nearly 60 other players agreed to form what today is known as the Women’s Tennis Association or WTA. (AP Photo/File)

Billie Jean King recalls the meeting that launched the WTA women’s tennis tour 50 years ago

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron awards tennis legend Billie Jean King, of the U.S, with the Legion d'Honneur at the Elysee Palace Friday, June 3, 2022 in Paris. A ceremony Thursday at the Roland Garros stadium marked the 50th anniversary of her French Open win.(AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, Pool)

King: French Open should have more women’s night matches

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

This combination photo shows the cover of &quot;All In: An Autobiography&quot; by Billie Jean King, left, and King posing for a portrait on June 4, 2015, in New York. Alfred A. Knopf announced Thursday, March 4, 2021, that the book will be published Aug. 17 and will cover the highlights of King's celebrated and groundbreaking tennis career. (Knopf via AP, left, and AP)

Billie Jean King memoir ‘All In’ to be published in August

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

In this Sept. 23, 1970, photo provided the Houston Library, tennis players hold up $1 bills after signing a contract with World Tennis magazine publisher Gladys Heldman to turn pro and start the Virginia Slims tennis circuit. From left standing are: Valerie Ziegenfuss, Billie Jean King, Nancy Richey and Peaches Bartkowicz. From left seated are: Judy Tegart Dalton, Kerry Melville Reid, Rosie Casals, Gladys Heldman and Kristy Pigeon. Gladys Heldman replaced her daughter, Julie Heldman, who was injured and unable to pose for the 1970 photo. It’s the 50th anniversary of Billie Jean King and eight other women breaking away from the tennis establishment in 1970 and signing a $1 contract to form the Virginia Slims circuit. That led to the WTA Tour, which offers millions in prize money. (Bela Ugrin/Courtesy Houston Library via AP)

Original 9 trailblazers stood for tennis equality in 1970

By MELISSA MURPHY - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003, U.S. Fed Cup members from left, Martina Navrartilova, Lisa Raymond, Meghann Shaughnessy, Alexandra Stevenson and Fed Cup Captain Billie Jean King, accept a replica of the Betsy Ross Flag at the Advanta Championships, in VIllanova, USA. The Fed Cup is changing its name to honour tennis great Billie Jean King, becoming The Billie Jean King Cup, the first major global team competition to be named after a woman, it is announced Thursday Sept. 17, 2020.(AP Photo/Miles Kennedy, FILE)

Fed Cup changes name to honor tennis great Billie Jean King

By KEN MAGUIRE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 7, 2012, file photo, members of the original nine women, from left to right, Billie Jean King, Peaches Bartkowicz, Kristy Pigeon, Valerie Ziegenfuss, Judy Tegart Dalton, Julie Heldman, Kerry Melville Reid, Nancy Richey and Rosie Casals, who helped start the women's professional tennis tour are honored at the Family Circle Cup tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C. The nine signed a dollar contract 50 years ago, and it turned into millions for female tennis players. They were tired of being squeezed out of events by promoters and paid 10 times less than men. (AP Photo/Mic Smith, File)

King, Original 9 mark 50 years of women’s pro tennis tour

By MELISSA MURPHY - Associated Press

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Billie Jean King helps open new library named after her

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Tennis player Venus Williams walks onto the stage for a discussion at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Friday, July 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

King proud Venus Williams carries on fight for equal rights

By DAN GELSTON - Associated Press

United States' Serena Williams holds her second place trophy after losing to Romania's Simona Halep in the women's singles final match on day twelve of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday, July 13, 2019. Halep defected Williams 6-2/6-2. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

Serena Williams vows to fight for equality until death

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Los Angeles Dodgers owner and chairman Mark Walter, left, and Dodgers president &amp; CEO Stan Kasten, right, introduce to the baseball team ownership group, tennis champion Billie Jean King, second from left, and her partner Ilana Kloss at a news conference in Los Angeles, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

King returns to SoCal roots with ownership stake in Dodgers

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday June 26 2013 file photo, former professional tennis champion Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss at the premier of Battle of the Sexes in London. Billie Jean King and partner Ilana Kloss have joined the Los Angeles Dodgers ownership group. The Dodgers made the announcement Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. The tennis great says Dodgers owner and chairman Mark Walter and the organization have proven to be leaders in sports on and off the field. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP, File)

Billie Jean King joins LA Dodgers ownership group

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FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2017 file photo, tennis great Billie Jean King attends a special screening of Fox Searchlight's &quot;Battle of the Sexes&quot; in New York. The New-York Historical Society announced Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, that a photo exhibit, “Billie Jean King: The Road to 75,” will run from Oct. 19 through Jan. 27, 2019. The exhibit will feature photographs from her storied life and career as player and activist. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Photo exhibit for Billie Jean King to open this fall

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Billie Jean King, former ladies singles champion gestures during a press conference ahead of the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. King is in Melbourne to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her Australian Open victory. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Billie Jean King backs calls to rename Margaret Court Arena

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 1973, file photo, Billie Jean King reaches to hit a return during her match against Bobby Riggs in the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. King beat Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. (AP Photo/File)

Column: We’ve still got a long way to go, baby

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

This image released by Fox Searchlight Pictures shows Emma Stone, left, and Steve Carell in a scene from "Battle of the Sexes." (Melinda Sue Gordon/Fox Searchlight Pictures via AP)

‘Battle of the Sexes’ actors Bill Pullman, Elisabeth Shue on Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs matchup

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2016, file photo, Billie Jean King gestures while speaking at the NFL Women's Summit in San Francisco. Billie Jean King celebrated the 45th anniversary of Title IX at the New York Historical Society, Thursday, June 22, 2017. Title IX, was signed into law on June 23, 1972. It opened doors for girls and women by banning sex discrimination in all federally funded school programs, including sports. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Billie Jean King celebrates 45th anniversary of Title IX

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