I guess because it's sexual, people get funny. But it's just about equal rights. That's all it is. And I don't know what they're trying to make it into. It's just equal rights.” King, a longtime proponent of equal rights and winner of the landmark...

She also was an outspoken feminist who helped tennis become a professional sport and then had to fight for equal prize money for women. She also helped organize a union for women player's, the Women's Tennis Association.In the 1973 match touted to be...

This is in contrast to biblical admonitions to look after the poor which might actual require an adjustment in behavior and some personal sacrifice. FINALLY, I can stop feeling guilty for cheering when old man Bobby Riggs whipped her ass on the tennis...

But now he has plans to take them to the Dallas Cowboys game. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins gave Riggs four tickets to Saturday night's game as a token of appreciation for his service. "It's a big surprise to me," Riggs said. The Army Supply...

Time” is excerpted below… Bill Tilden vs. Pete Sampras or Andre Agassi? Given today’s immensely more power-packed racquets, who would pick up the marbles? And how about Rod Laver, Don Budge, Fred Perry, Jack Kramer, Pancho Gonzales, René Lacoste, Henri...

She won a record 20 Wimbledon titles, including singles in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, and 1975. She was the U.S. Lawn Tennis women's singles champion in 1967, 1971, 1972, and 1974. In 1973 she defeated Bobby Riggs in a “battle of the sexes.” An...