by admin | Nov 24, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Billie Jean King always knew that she’d make a difference. “When I was seven, I was drying dishes. I go, “Mommy, mommy, I’m going to do something great with my life. I know it. I just know it.” And she said, “Just get back drying those dishes, you know, and...
by admin | Oct 16, 2023 | Leadership, Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Billie Jean King is still globetrotting in support of more investment and equity in women’s sports. She attended the Women’s World Cup in Australia, kicked off the player draft for the new women’s professional hockey league in Toronto and is opening an office in...
by admin | Sep 19, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Greatness recognizes greatness. On the 50th anniversary of equal pay at the US Open, Billie Jean Kingsays watching Coco Gauff win the 2023 US Open is “the reason” she and other women athletes advocated for equal compensation in 1973. “Coco winning...
by admin | Nov 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Britain pulled off an unlikely 3-0 victory over Spain in the Billie Jean King Cup on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the top team event in women’s tennis for the first time in 41 years. Australia also reached the last four in Glasgow, but the story of the day was...
by admin | Sep 8, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Tennis legend Billie Jean King has always been outspoken about women in sports and about how high-profile women can help each other. And now that fellow trailblazer Serena Williams has played her last match as a professional, King says that Williams’ largesse as a...
by admin | Aug 31, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
You don’t reach the top of your sport without standing on the shoulders of those who came before you. As the tennis world starts to gather in New York for the U.S. Open, the final major tournament of the season, most of the media attention is focused on Serena...
by admin | Jun 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Lindsey Vonn, Michelle Kwan, Mia Hamm, Billie Jean King and the late Pat Summitt are among the nine individual women who will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame this summer, along with Michael Phelps and hurdling great Roger Kingdom. Others...
by admin | May 3, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Tennis legend and WTA founder Billie Jean King recalled meeting Serena and Venus Williams on the 34th anniversary of the first time she met the greatest sister duo in tennis history. In 1988, King met the Williams sisters, that would later go on to become all-time...
by admin | Apr 20, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of Title IX, tennis star and activist Billie Jean King joins Andrea Mitchell to talk about her contributions to women’s rights in athletics and beyond, including her victory in the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match. “For me, it was...
by admin | Feb 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Serena Williams, Billie Jean King and Alex Morgan were among the sportswomen to star during the 56th edition of the Super Bowl. The Los Angeles Rams overturned a 20-16 deficit to defeat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20, triumphing at the SoFi Stadium in front of a home...
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