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Sep 19, 2017 · Getty Images. Billie Jean King holds her trophy high after beating Bobby Riggs in their $100,000 winner-take-all “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match. Decades later, the match remains a cultural ...
Sep 22, 2017 · The tennis dress that Billie Jean King wore for the Battle of the Sexes is among the collections of the National Museum of American History. It is currently not on view. It is currently not on view.
Sep 19, 2017 · The so-called “battle of the sexes” of Sept. 20, 1973, which pitted Bobby Riggs against Billie Jean King, was over in three straight sets and just a little more than two hours. The sex part ...
I've never said that. I'm saying we deserve some respect.”. “- Bobby Riggs: I'm the ladies number one. I'm the champ. Why would I lose? - Billie Jean King: Because dinosaurs can't play tennis.”. Battle of the Sexes quotes: the most famous and inspiring quotes from Battle of the Sexes. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by ...
Sep 22, 2017 · September 22, 2017 12:59 PM EDT. T he 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs was a spectacle made for Hollywood. King was at the top of her game, the first female player to win ...
Sep 20, 2013 · Craving a return to the spotlight, Riggs decided in early 1973 to challenge some of tennis’ top women players. Billie Jean King, who at that point had already won 10 major singles titles ...
Billie Jean beat Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3, and earned the winner-take-all prize of $100,000. The Battle of the Sexes tennis match was about more than simply defeating Riggs. She felt incredible pressure to win because, as she said afterward, “I thought it would set us back 50 years if I didn’t win that match.
