Billie Jean King will become the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Reps.

Billie Jean King, through her X account, has spoken out on the future of tennis, focusing on best-of-5-sets matches, like those played in the men's singles of the Slams. Could this measure improve the game of tennis and bring younger people closer to our beloved sport?

The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to award a Congressional Gold Medal to tennis legend and equal rights advocate Billie Jean King, bestowing the nation’s highest civilian honor on a female individual athlete for the first time.

United States House of Representatives members Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced Tuesday that legendary

More than five decades after tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in what was known as the “Battle of the Sexes,” the out lesbian sports icon is

Billie Jean King will make history as the first female athlete to be awarded a Congressional Gold Medal after the House passed bipartisan legislation in favor of the accolade Tuesday. The big picture: The 80-year-old tennis legend will receive the nation's highest civilian honor in recognition of King's "lifetime of work fighting for Title IX,

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