“The main thing Billie Jean had was a passion,” said her ex-husband, Larry King. “She was always thinking about how she was going to play and what she was going to do.” As one repeated ...

Billie Jean King made her professional tennis debut in Cannes, in the South of France, in the spring of 1968. That sounds like a suitably glamorous birthplace for such a storied pro career ...

Ilana and Billie Jean met in 1966, soon after Billie Jean married attorney and real estate broker Larry King, People reports.

Billie Jean King won six Wimbledon singles championships ... In 1966, King (by now she had married law-student Larry King) won her first singles Wimbledon title and was ranked No. 1, the first ...

Former tennis champion and gender equality advocate Billie Jean King was named grand marshal of the 2025 Tournament of Roses ...

Billie Jean King, tennis legend and longtime social activist, will lead the 2025 Rose Parade as its grand marshal, marking the 136th Southern California extravaganza with a giant not only in ...

Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner and tennis icon Billie Jean King served as the Grand Marshal of the 2025 Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., on Wednesday. King made a grand entrance to Elton John’s ...

On Wednesday morning, Jan. 1, Billie Jean King and her wife, Ilana Kloss, will step into a 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III, for a ride like no other. With 50 million people across the globe tuning in ...

Billie Jean King shared a heartfelt birthday message for her "dear friend" Chris Evert on her 70th birthday. Both King and Evert are icons of American tennis, each achieving the World No. 1 ...

Billie Jean King won a dozen Grand Slam singles titles ... In 1966, King (by now she had married law-student Larry King) won her first singles Wimbledon title and was ranked No. 1, the first ...