Daniel Riggs, a tennis coach and grandson of tennis legend Bobby Riggs, has been arrested in South Florida. Daniel Riggs is ...

Bobby Riggs had been a great champion in the 1930s and ‘40s, winner at Wimbledon and Forest Hills, later the world’s best pro. In the early ‘70s, long after Riggs’ glory days, tennis was ...

"Philadelphia Freedom," written for tennis star Billie Jean King, reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 on April 12, 1975.

Billie Jean King wore this dress when she beat Bobby Riggs, a former number-one male player, during the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes.” Gift of Billie Jean King / NMAH The music of the great Sam ...

The Long Beach Poly High graduate is the first woman to be honored in the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce’s sports ...

Bobby Riggs flexes his biceps in an attempt to intimidate Billie Jean King. The two played against each other September 20, ...

Cocky little Bobby Riggs—who won the pro tennis championship last December after ten years in the long shadow of Don Budge, first as an amateur, then as a pro—thought it even more fun to be ...

And Riggs, one of the first self-made media-age celebrities, wrestled with his gambling demons, at the expense of his family and wife Priscilla (Elisabeth Shue). Together, Billie and Bobby served ...

But what is remembered most about her is that 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 ...

To Southern Californians, the first 8,000 miles of barnstorming by Bobby Riggs and Big Jake Kramer didn’t count. The real test was how well they did at home (both come from the Los Angeles area).