Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King is short and feisty and crackles with an irrepressible energy.

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At a luncheon last week at Desmond's, Montego Glover, Nikki James, Anna Deveare Smith, and Billie Jean King celebrated the film's happy arrival on DVD with two of the stars, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, who got up to answer questions about the film.

Regina Weinreich: Out to Lunch with The Help Regina Weinreich 2011

Like Billie Jean King, who on September 20, 1973, less than 15 months after the enactment of Title IX, obliterated former champion Bobby Riggs on a Houston, Texas, tennis court, in what was called "The Battle of the Sexes."

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At a luncheon last week at Desmond's, Montego Glover, Nikki James, Anna Deveare Smith, and Billie Jean King celebrated the film's happy arrival on DVD with two of the stars, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, who got up to answer questions about the film.

Regina Weinreich: Out to Lunch with The Help Regina Weinreich 2011

So why are there so few prominent American professional athletes today that are willing to use their prominence in the same manner as a Kareem Abdul Jabbar or a Billie Jean King?

Dan Treadway: What Ever Happened to the Activist Athlete? Dan Treadway 2011

At a luncheon last week at Desmond's, Montego Glover, Nikki James, Anna Deveare Smith, and Billie Jean King celebrated the film's happy arrival on DVD with two of the stars, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, who got up to answer questions about the film.

Regina Weinreich: Out to Lunch with The Help Regina Weinreich 2011

Billie Jean King told USA Today: It's good to get it out in the open.

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So why are there so few prominent American professional athletes today that are willing to use their prominence in the same manner as a Kareem Abdul Jabbar or a Billie Jean King?

Dan Treadway: What Ever Happened to the Activist Athlete? Dan Treadway 2011

The Civic Arena They point to all it's given Pittsburghers: a Beatles concert, Billie Jean King tennis matches, some of the greatest hockey games of all time—including the one in 1989 when Mr. Lemieux had five goals and three assists against the Philadelphia Flyers.

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So why are there so few prominent American professional athletes today that are willing to use their prominence in the same manner as a Kareem Abdul Jabbar or a Billie Jean King?

Dan Treadway: What Ever Happened to the Activist Athlete? Dan Treadway 2011