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AllArticles About BJKArticles by BJKVideo Interviews People: Billie Jean King Reflects on Her Battle of the Sexes Win on 50th Anniversary: ‘I Like Pressure’ (Exclusive) AP: On 50th anniversary of Billie Jean King’s ‘Battle of the Sexes’ win, a push to honor her in Congress LA Times: Column: Billie Jean King’s ‘Battle of the Sexes’ triumph still inspiring 50 years later People: Billie Jean King Calls Coco Gauff ‘the Reason We Fought So Hard’ for Equal Pay on 50th Anniversary (Exclusive) TSN: Billie Jean King: ‘The PWHL is just getting started’ CBC Sports: Just getting started: Tennis, equality icon Billie Jean King sets stage for PWHL ‘trailblazers’ ABC News: Billie Jean King talks the future of American tennis US Open: Champions of Equality: A Be Open Event Presented by Cadillac PBS News Hour: Billie Jean King on her legendary career and fight for equal pay in women’s sports GMA: Billie Jean King and Rennae Stubbs surprise young tennis fans AP: Billie Jean King’s push for equal prize money in 1973 will be celebrated at US Open Fortune: From tennis courts to corporate governance, here’s how far diversity, equity, and inclusion have come The New York Times: Fifty Years Ago, Billie Jean King Won Equal Pay — but She’s Not Done Yet Good Morning America: Behind the scenes of Wimbledon with Billie Jean King CNN: ‘It gave us one voice, and power,’ says tennis great Billie Jean King Outsports: Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss are the most powerful out LGBTQ people in sports Tennis.com: Billie Jean King to receive Hollywood Walk of Fame Star BBC: WTA 50th anniversary: Billie Jean King and Rosie Casals on how they changed women’s tennis WTA: Serving up a revolution: Billie Jean King and the dawn of the WTA AP: Billie Jean King recalls the meeting that launched the WTA women’s tennis tour 50 years ago VIA: Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss Fund the Digitization of the Virginia Interscholastic Association Archives at Virginia State University Forbes: ‘Supporting Women In Sports Is Good Business’: Billie Jean King Teams Up With The Tory Burch Foundation To Empower Women In Sports The Washington Post: Billie Jean King nominated for Congressional Gold Medal MSNBC: Billie Jean King’s advice to women: Follow the money Seton Hall: Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss at Seton Hall Australian Open: ‘Original 9’ Reflect on the WTA’s First 50 Years FutureVision: Billie Jean King Shares Four Lessons for Entrepreneurs 9News: Original 9 Return to Melbourne Park BBC Click: Female Tech Innovators ITF AND ROSLAND CAPITAL UNVEIL BILLIE JEAN KING CUP COIN COLLECTION Billie Jean King’s Visit to The Oxford Union Oxford Union: Billie Jean King | Full Q&A Harpers Bazaar: Tory Burch’s Latest Capsule Was Designed with Tennis Icon Billie Jean King The Athletic: How Billie Jean King, with Dodgers’ backing, helps female-founded sports startups Forbes: Billie Jean King Says Serena Has A Special ‘Magic’ That Makes Her The Best Of All Time The New York Times: Opinion: Billie Jean King: What Makes Serena Williams So Watchable BBC: Amol Rajan Interviews Billie Jean King The Guardian: ‘Advancing equity’: Billie Jean King marks 50th anniversary of Title IX NBC News: Billie Jean King Discusses Title IX Fifty Years Later Team USA: Billie Jean King Spent Her Life Fighting for Equality; Now She’s Headed for the Hall Los Angeles Times: Column: Billie Jean King on how Title IX went from near ‘accident’ to life-changing force Sports Illustrated: 50 Years After Title IX, the Struggle for Gender Equity Continues—in Sports and Beyond Vogue: Billie Jean King and Tory Burch Talk Tennis, Title IX—And Why Embracing Ambition Beats ‘Getting Your Mrs. Degree’ Bloomberg: Billie Jean King Backs Just Women’s Sports Team USA: Billie Jean King Among U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame Inductees NBC Sports: Billie Jean King sees women’s sports ‘almost at a tipping point’ Washington Post: Billie Jean King receives France’s Legion of Honor award Yahoo! News: French Open tournament honors Billie Jean King Springfield College: Billie Jean King Delivers Commencement Address MSNBC: Billie Jean King: ‘As an athletic feat,’ winning Battle of the Sexes ‘meant nothing.’ Culturally, ‘it meant everything.’ Deadline: Anna Deavere Smith Writing New Play About Billie Jean King Front Office Sports: Billie Jean King Invests In Future of Women’s Sports Cosmetics Business: Billie Jean King and SHESPOKE raise money for workplace equality People: Billie Jean King Kicks Off Super Bowl 2022 with Honorary Coin Toss Sports Illustrated: Billie Jean King Wins Sports Illustrated’s 2021 Muhammad Ali Legacy Award Fox LA: Tennis icon Billie Jean King looks back on legacy on and off the court Washington Post: Opinion: Billie Jean King: My abortion story shows why the Supreme Court must save Roe v. Wade Arizona Republic: Remembering when Billie Jean King made history in Phoenix 50 years ago CNN: Billie Jean King: How Business Leaders Can be Stronger Allies for Women of Color CNN: Billie Jean King Wants to Create a Culture of Champions Sunday Post: A King and a Queen: Judy Murray Pays Tribute to Billie Jean King Taking an Interest Harvard Business Review: Life’s Work: An Interview with Billie Jean King Billie Jean on Achieving True Equality Yahoo!: Billie Jean King says we will never ‘get more women CEOs’ unless we change this Bon Appetit: Billie Jean King’s Dream Dinner Party Has an Open-Door Policy CNN: Billie Jean King: ‘When women lead, they lead for everyone’ PBS News Hour: Billie Jean King reveals how a $1 contract shaped professional women’s tennis Los Angeles Times: Why Billie Jean King finally took control of her own story The New York Times: Billie Jean King: The First Female Athlete-Activist Billie Jean King Puts It “All In” Her New Autobiography Billie Jean King Talks About New Autobiography, “All In” The Wall Street Journal: Tennis Legend Billie Jean King Transformed the Game The New Yorker: Billie Jean King Wants Athletes to Follow the Money Time: ‘We Were Willing to Give Up Everything.’ Billie Jean King Reflects on Her Legacy and New Memoir All In Parade: Billie Jean King Explains Why Sports Is the Perfect Platform for Change Trailblazing Tennis Stars Elected to Hall of Fame History: How Billie Jean King Led the Equal Pay for Play Battle Eurosport: BILLIE JEAN KING DOESN’T WANT TO BE YOUR HERO – AND FOR VERY GOOD REASON Common Dreams: Billie Jean King Has Emerged as a Venerated Foremother of American Sports Forbes: Billie Jean King: Today’s Athletes And Companies Are Promoting ‘Good Change’ 1st Look at Cover of Billie Jean King’s New Book, “All In” Chicago Sun-Times: Billie Jean King memoir to be published in August Tennis.com: QUEENS OF THE COURT: HOW THE ORIGINAL 9 IMPACTED THE WOMEN’S TOUR Los Angeles Times: Billie Jean King inspired Kim Ng as a child. Now King’s thrilled Ng is Marlins new GM Vogue: Billie Jean King on a New Audible Documentary That Tells the Story of Her Powerful Legacy—On and Off the Court Good Morning America: Billie Jean King talks about her new audio documentary, ‘The Dollar Rebellion’ ABC News: Why Billie Jean King wants people to think of women as leaders for everyone San Francisco Chronicle: Fed Cup changes name to honor tennis great Billie Jean King The New York Times: In a Fitting Tribute, the Fed Cup Is Renamed After Billie Jean King Tennis Channel: BY GOING FOR IT, A FUTURE THAT BILLIE JEAN KING IMAGINED CAME TO LIFE Inside Tennis: Go Niners – You Changed the World Adidas: Building a Legacy Off the Court Evoke: The fight for equality on and off the tennis court: A conversation between Melinda Gates and Billie Jean King CNBC: Tennis icon Billie Jean King on athletes protesting against racial injustice The New York Times: 11 Female Voices, From Age 13 to 110, on Why the Vote Matters USA Today: Women of the Century: Billie Jean King is a champion for sports, women, equal pay, and more WTA: My Inspiration: Billie Jean King by Ilana Kloss Long Beach Tribune: Rep. Alan Lowenthal introduces bill to honor Billie Jean King with Congressional Gold Medal The Wall Street Journal: Billie Jean King Tennis Center Is Going to Be a Temporary Hospital. No One’s More on Board Than Billie Jean King. Variety: Leaders Urge Women to Fight the Patriarchy, Make Money and Wear Flats at History Talks People: Tennis Icon Billie Jean King Is the Latest Inspiring Woman to Become a Barbie: ‘I’m So Thrilled’ TIME: We Define Ourselves.’ Tennis Legend Billie Jean King Discusses What It Means to Get Her Very Own Barbie Doll The New York Times: King proud women’s tennis leads fight for equality The Wall Street Journal: The Women’s Hockey Players Taking a Page Out of Billie Jean King’s Playbook Newsweek: Women Who Changed the World in the Last Century The Guardian: Billie Jean King: The Look I Love Sports Illustrated: Bucs Coaches Hang with Legend, Billie Jean King Women’s eNews: Holding Court with Billie Jean King NHL: King delivers inspiration, motivation at Women’s Hockey Showcase NHL: Tennis legend Billie Jean King scores from center ice at Blackhawks game ABC7: Hometown legend Billie Jean King gives back to Long Beach The Washington Post: Tennis icon Billie Jean King on fighting for equal pay for women: ‘Pressure is a privilege’ Pix11: City Parks Foundation and Billie Jean King honor kids in tennis at annual benefit Fed Cup: New Finals the Pinnacle of Team Tennis Press-Telegram: Billie Jean King, reacting to Long Beach Main Library being named after her, compares feeling to receiving Medal of Freedom LA Times: Billie Jean King’s Long Beach roots OutSports: Billie Jean King’s hometown names its new library in her honor The Globe and Mail: Why does Rogers Cup not offer equal prize money to men and women? It’s complicated The Philadelphia Citizen: Running Into The Fire Baseline: New BJK action figure to support workplace inclusion Sports Business Journal: King, Williams Lead Panel Talk On Breaking Down Gender Barriers Long Beach Press-Telegram: It’s official: New Long Beach Main Library will be named after Billie Jean King The Telegraph: Billie Jean King exclusive: ‘We’re having a second wave of sports activists. It’s in the air’ Tennis.com: Billie Jean King and Rod Laver: Game changer respects game changer LA Times: Billie Jean King adds her voice to the USWNT’s equal pay fight Long Beach Post: New Main Library could be named after tennis legend Billie Jean King Howard Schatz: Interview with Billie Jean King Wimbledon: Billie Jean King: King of the Court NHL: NHL announces partnership with Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative Lemonde: Billie Jean King: “I wanted women and men to play on the same circuit” Variety: Why Anthony Anderson and Billie Jean King are giving back with the Dodgers Foundation The Racquet Magazine Podcast: Billie Jean King LongReads: An Audience of Athletes: The Rise and Fall of Feminist Sports ESPN: New Youth Award Celebrates the Legacy of Billie Jean King NBC Washington: A Conversation with Billie Jean King NBC Washington: Tennis Legend Billie Jean King Honored in DC Starbucks: ‘Actions need to match words’: 5 questions with Billie Jean King The Bay Area Reporter: Tennis great King charms SF audience Dodger Blue: Billie Jean King, Ilana Kloss To Be Honored At 5th Anniversary Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation Blue Diamond Gala New York Business Journal: Billie Jean King takes on a new battle for equality San Francisco Chronicle: Billie Jean King Isn’t Done Yet. Thankfully. Franchising: Pearle Vision Brings Latest Campaign to Life with NYC Vision Care Clinic WTA: Billie Jean King lands among BBC ‘Icons’ in vote for century’s greatest BBC: Sports Personality of the Year: Billie Jean King given lifetime achievement award People: Billie Jean King Is 75! AP: Tennis Great Billie Jean King Feted for 75th Birthday Thoughts on My 75th Birthday Forbes: Sports Icon Billie Jean King: Women Should Be Brave, Not Perfect The Wrap: ESPN’s Julie Foudy Says Women in Sports Need to Follow Billie Jean King’s Lead on Better Pay Smithsonian Magazine: Smithsonian Names Billie Jean King One of Its “Great Americans” Forbes: Is Billie Jean King The Owner Major League Baseball Has Been Waiting For? CBS Sports: Why Billie Jean King and partner Ilana Kloss joining Dodgers ownership group is important Tennis icon Billie Jean King has been a Dodgers fan for years. Now she’ll own a piece of the team CNN: Billie Jean King: Serena was ‘out of line,’ but umpire ‘blew it’ The Washington Post: Billie Jean King: Serena is still treated differently than male athletes PR Newswire: “Champions of Equality; Open for Change” event hosted by BJKLI and USTA at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center prior to 2018 US Open Women’s Semifinals CNBC: Serving Up Pay Parity USA Today: Billie Jean King’s US Open about much more than tennis PBS News Hour: Billie Jean King on athlete activism: ‘Our job is to lead’ AP: Photo exhibit for Billie Jean King to open this fall New York Magazine: Billie Jean King Says Men Are Not Held to the Same Strict Standards As Women in Tennis New York Magazine: Billie Jean King Slams French Open Officials for Banning Serena Williams’s ‘Catsuit’ US Open: The dentist who filled in at the first US Open USA Today: Billie Jean King narrated powerful intro for WNBA All-Star Game Forbes: Pearle Vision’s New Campaign Is Fit For A King Wimbledon: Billie Jean King – a force for good LA Times: Billie Jean King now serves up well-being for senior living company WNBA: Billie Jean King Narrates ABC’s WNBA All-Star Intros New York Post: Tennis legend Billie Jean King talks Pride — and her dream wedding plans Paper Magazine: Without Billie Jean King, Would We Have Adam Rippon? 2018 NYC Pride Guide WIBC News: Billie Jean King in Indy: Equality Means Exercise and Access to Parks, Coaching USTA: Junior Championships renamed for Billie Jean King PR Newswire: Serena and Venus Williams Join Advisory Board of the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative (BJKLI) CBS News: Venus, Serena Williams Join Billie Jean King’s Equal Pay Push Stamford Advocate: King Measures Net Gains Greenwich Time: Billie Jean King holds court as women’s fund raises $160K for local programs Forbes: The Most Powerful Women in U.S. Sports 2018 CNN: Starbucks Achieves Pay Equity in the United States Australian Open TV: AO Inspirational Series 2018 The Straits Times: Tennis icon hopes fight for freedom, equality continues CNBC: Billie Jean King talks about the market for women’s sports BBC: Billie Jean King says men should not play five sets at Grand Slams The Buffalo News: Billie Jean King talks about tennis wins and battles still being waged Long Beach Press Telegram: Legislators to consider giving Long Beach native Billie Jean King the Congressional Gold Medal The Sydney Morning Herald: Billie Jean King reflects on a lifetime of campaigning: ‘I have a chance to change tennis’ Tennis Australia: King: Australia ‘Made a Difference’ Yahoo!: Billie Jean melts the ice queen Sharapova My Statement on the Margaret Court Arena The New York Times: Billie Jean King Says Margaret Court Arena’s Name Should Change CNN: Billie Jean King: Women ‘feel empowered’ Bustle: Emma Stone’s 2018 Golden Globes Date Is A Legend & It Makes The Night Even More Meaningful Variety: Emma Stone, Meryl Streep, Laura Dern To Be Accompanied by Activists at Golden Globes Christiana Care: Game, set, match! A conversation with Billie Jean King The Hollywood Reporter: How Sara Bareilles Captured Billie Jean King’s Courage in Original ‘Battle of the Sexes’ Song Los Angeles Times: Golden Globe Nominee Emma Stone Thanks ‘Game-Changing Human Being’ Billie Jean King Thoughts on My 74th Birthday Vogue: Emma Stone And Billie Jean King On Battle Of The Sexes, Equality And Role Models CNBC: 3 tips for balancing personal and professional success, according to Billie Jean King Out: Out100 Billie Jean King, Lifetime Achievement Honoree The Guardian: Billie Jean King: ‘Be ahead of your time – that’s what you have to do’ The New York Times: How to Win the Battle of the Sexes Over Pay (Hint: It Isn’t Simple.) LGBTQ Weekly: Athletic stars call on UN states to protect sexual orientation in Olympic truce Human Rights Campaign: Billie Jean King Introduces Hillary Clinton at the 2017 HRC National Dinner The Drum: #BeAGoalKeeper: A Chevrolet Program Great Day Tampa Bay: Billie Jean King Opens Up About ‘Battle of the Sexes’ LGBT Weekly: Billie Jean King honors humanitarians and celebrates student success at 20th Cal State LA gala Human Rights Campaign: HRC Announces Full Lineup for the 21st Annual HRC National Dinner Human Rights Campaign: In “Battle of the Sexes,” Billie Jean King Pursues Equality On and Off the Court HuffPost: Women’s Sports Foundation hosts Athlete Leadership Connection for athletes, by athletes Golden Globes: Billie Jean King: Taking on the Battle of the Sexes Metro: Emma Stone’s ‘Battle of the Sexes’ is a feminist masterpiece that perfectly captures the real fight for equality PodcastOne: Sound of Success: Billie Jean King The Tennis Channel: Where Was Home When Billie Beat Bobby? Newsweek: Athletes Protest Hate: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Billie Jean King Team Up for ADL’s New Sports Council CNN: Sarah Silverman ‘in awe’ of Billie Jean King, Colin Kaepernick ESPNW: Pam Shriver: Watching Billie Jean King defeat Bobby Riggs influenced my tennis career ESPNW: Today’s WNBA players can find inspiration in ‘Battle of the Sexes’ The Rainbow Times: Billie Jean King, Emma Stone & Andrea Riseborough on King’s Landmark Tennis Win for Women and LGBT Rights espnW: Billie Jean King and Emma Stone on why ‘Battle of the Sexes’ matters now TED Talks: This Tennis Icon Paved the Way for Women in Sports Houston Chronicle: ‘Battle of the Sexes’ gets it right – mostly Tampa Bay Times: ‘Battle of the Sexes’ brings greater appreciation for Billie Jean King Yahoo Finance: Inclusion Remains a Top Priority for Today’s Evolving Workforce, says new Deloitte – Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative report Bustle: How Accurate Is ‘Battle Of The Sexes’? Billie Jean King Made Sure The Movie Was As Real As It Gets Chelsea Handler: Billie Jean King and Emma Stone Interview Orbitz: 10 travel questions for tennis legend Billie Jean King Bill Moyers: ‘Battle of the Sexes’ Then — and Now Sports Illustrated: 44 Years Later, the Battle of the Sexes Returns to the Spotlight TED Blog: How the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ influenced a generation of men: Billie Jean King’s TEDWomen update ESPN: Billie Jean King and Emma Stone on tennis imitating life in ‘Battle of the Sexes’ WTA: Billie Jean Extended Interview: Battle of the Sexes The Tennis Channel: “Battle of the Sexes” Is About Tennis as an Instrument of Social Progress USA Today: Billie Jean King really wants Emma Stone to win (another) Oscar for ‘Battle of the Sexes’ Late Night with Seth Meyers: Obama Told Billie Jean King the Battle of the Sexes “Changed His Life” AOL Build: Billie Jean King, Andrea Riseborough & Austin Stowell On The Film, “Battle Of The Sexes” TODAY: Billie Jean: Making History Today: Billie Jean is the Queen Shondaland: Billie Jean King Plays to Win WTA: Billie Jean, Eternally Curious Fortune: Lunching with a Legend New York Daily News: Emma Stone, Elizabeth Shue on importance of bringing Billie Jean King’s ‘Battle of the Sexes’ to the big screen CBS News: Billie Jean King’s victories, on and off the court CBS Sunday Morning: Billie Jean King’s victories, on and off the court CBS News: Emma Stone, Billie Jean King talk about pay equality ahead of “Battle of the Sexes” The New Yorker: The Married Directors Behind “Battle of the Sexes” The New York Times Magazine: Billie Jean King Understands Colin Kaepernick The New York Times: A ‘Battle of the Sexes’ Rages On, More Than 4 Decades Later USA Today: Billie Jean King, Emma Stone relive history of ‘Battle of the Sexes’ Baseline: Emma Stone opens up on playing King in Battle of the Sexes ESPN: ICYMI at US Open: Sloane Stephens wins it all, and ‘Battle of the Sexes’ cast is on hand to celebrate her triumph The Wall Street Journal: Billie Jean King Cannot Be Stopped LA Times: Billie Jean King and Emma Stone on ‘Battle of the Sexes’ and the Enduring Fight for Equality Vanity Fair: See Angelina Jolie, Emma Stone, and More in Exclusive Telluride Film Festival Portraits Marie Claire: “I Want to Learn to Fight Better”: Emma Stone on Politics and Equal Pay Forbes: Citizen Launches Commemorative Watches Dedicated To 2017 U.S. Open And Billie Jean King The Cut: Revisiting Nora Ephron on the Artifice of the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ WTA: Billie Jean King: ‘The more you give, the more you get’ Out: Emma Stone, Andrea Riseborough & Billie Jean King on Tennis, Equality & the Battle of the Sexes Sports on Earth: Winner, All the King’s Meant New York Times: Plays Tennis Like a Man, Speaks Out Like — Billie Jean King New York Times: Speak Your Own Truth, on Your Own Terms The New York Times: Messages to Graduates NPR: Pioneer Billie Jean King Moved The Baseline For Women’s Tennis The Washington Post: Billie Jean King Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom ABC News: Billie Jean King, Marc Benioff Talk Workplace Equality The New York Times: Billie Jean King Calls for Equality in Soccer The Inquirer: Billie Jean King, 73, but 17 inside, Still Has Plenty to Give The Huffington Post: Two-Out-Of-Three Isn’t Bad… It’s the Way to Go The Huffington Post: Billie Jean King Gently Schooled Emma Stone About the Wage Gap Tory Burch Foundation: Inside Look: Tennis Icon & Activist Billie Jean King Northwestern University: 2017 Commencement Address by Billie Jean King The Players’ Tribune: The Era of the Player-Coach The Players’ Tribune: Don’t Believe Everything You Read The Players’ Tribune: The Value of Work Ethic The Players’ Tribune: The Legacy of the Original 9 The Players’ Tribune: The Beauty of Wimbledon The New York Times: Speak Your Own Truth, on Your Own Terms The Aspen Institute: Billie Jean King- 2011 Preston Robert Tisch Award in Civic Leadership
