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    2. On this day in 1973, tennis players Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs faced off in the “Battle of the Sexes”
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    On this day in 1973, tennis players Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs faced off in the “Battle of the Sexes”

    On this day in 1973, tennis players Billie Jean King (29) and Bobby Riggs (55) faced off in the “Battle of the Sexes.” Riggs had claimed that he could trounce any woman in a tennis match – King proved him wrong, winning the match. The “battle” helped legitimize and promote women’s professional sports and female […]

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    On this day in 1973, tennis players Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs faced off in the “Battle of the Sexes”

    On this day in 1973, tennis players Billie Jean King (29) and Bobby Riggs (55) faced off in the “Battle of the Sexes.” Riggs had claimed that he could trounce any woman in a tennis match – King proved him wrong, winning the match. The “battle” helped legitimize and promote women’s professional sports and female […]

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