Column: Billie Jean King’s ‘Battle of the Sexes’ triumph still inspiring 50 years later
By Helene Elliott, published to Los Angeles Times
Billie Jean King was carried out to the makeshift tennis court set up in the Houston Astrodome on a gilded, feather-decked chair held by muscular costumed athletes from Rice University, an over-the-top entrance for an over-the-top event.
