What happens when a tennis match victory comes to represent so much more than immediate glory? When Billie Jean King accepted Bobby Riggs’ challenge to a nationally televised match with a winner-takes-all prize of $100,000, she knew that win meant so much more than personal pride. Riggs, a master self-promoter, had taken the stance that women made inferior tennis players and that he, even in his 50s, could beat out any of the top female players…
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