The latter illustrates the simultaneously real and surreal 1973 matchup known as the “Battle of the Sexes” between tennis Hall of Famers Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. September 20 marks ...

His grandfather, Bobby Riggs, famously challenged and lost to Billie Jean King in the "Battle of the Sexes" match in 1973, a landmark event in women's sports. Bobby Riggs is a 3-time Grand Slam ...

The world of tennis is this week celebrating the 50th anniversary of Billie Jean King beating Bobby Riggs in the historic "Battle of the Sexes". The exhibition match between King, who was 29 and ...

Riggs is the grandson of Bobby Riggs, the former men's tennis champion best known for losing against women's tennis great Billie Jean King in the famed 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" match.

Billie Jean ... she humbled Bobby Riggs. Let's get that match out of the way. Riggs, a 1939 Wimbledon champion turned hustler, had already massacred Court on Mother's Day 1973. So King, who ...

Billie Jean King made ... her high-school-gym debut, King was playing before a worldwide audience in the Astrodome, where she changed history again by beating Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the ...

Bobby Riggs during the “Battle of the Sexes” in 1973. Focus on Sport via Getty Images Bobby is most famously remembered for losing to Billie Jean King in the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes.” ...

watch the original Billie Jean King-Bobby Riggs tennis match Battle of the Sexes: Emma Stone and Billie Jean King sit together at the US Open women's final ...

a private tennis training company. Bobby Riggs also became famous for his famous battle against Billie Jean King. In 1973, at the age of 55, he returned to the game to challenge two of the best ...

as “the grandson of former world champion Bobby Riggs,” known for his famous “Battle of the Sexes” against fellow legend Billie Jean King in 1973. According to a criminal complaint ...

Billie Jean King, with her distinctive dark hair and red-framed eyeglasses ... Her legendary “Battle of the Sexes” victory in ...