Billie Jean King has accomplished many firsts in her life, and you can add the first individual female athlete to be awarded ...

The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to award a Congressional Gold Medal to tennis legend and equal rights advocate Billie ...

King had already been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, says she has “broken ...

The tennis Hall of Famer and activist from Long Beach, who had already been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 ...

Billie Jean King is set to become the first-ever female athlete to receive the Congressional Gold Medal after the House ...

More than five decades after tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in what was known as the “Battle of the Sexes, ...

Billie Jean King held the No. 1 ranking in women's tennis for years, and now she'll be No. 1 again, this time as the first ...

The honor is meant to recognize her “lifetime of work fighting for Title IX, and women’s and LGBTQ+ equality on and off the ...

Two members of the House of Representatives say the have lined up enough votes to make Billie Jean King the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Reps.

Billie Jean King on her legendary career and fight for equal pay in women’s sports Today, some women’s tennis players are among the highest-paid athletes in the world. But that wasn’t always ...

How many Paralympic gold medals are there in Paris? There are 549 gold medal are up for grabs across the 22 Paralympic sports in Paris. Around 4,400 athletes from 180 delegations are set to ...