(The Hill) – The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to award a Congressional Gold Medal to tennis legend and equal rights ...

to being the first female athlete awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, Billie Jean King has never stopped breaking new ground," ITF President David Haggerty said in a statement.

and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. At the tail-end of 2024, I flew to Malaga to interview King during the Billie Jean King Cup finals as part of Glamour's ongoing mission ...

Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner and tennis icon Billie ... Presidential Medal of Freedom and also will become the first individual woman athlete to receive the Congressional Gold Medal. King ...

On Friday, Billie Jean King appeared on The ... “One’s enough,” laughed King. The Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient then explained that when she was raised in the 1950s, there was ...

Billie Jean King ... Tournament President Ed Morales revealed his choice for grand marshal. As he introduced King to a cheering crowd, Elton John’s song “Philadelphia Freedom” played ...

Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson and international soccer star Lionel Messi are among 19 people being honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom ...

Ralph Lauren was honored today as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of ... Martin Luther King Jr., President Ronald Reagan, Maya Angelou, as well as Mother Teresa, Billie Jean King, and ...

Ralph Lauren, Hillary Clinton, Jane Goodall, Denzel Washington, and Bono are among 19 people who received the Presidential ...

On Wednesday morning, Jan. 1, Billie ... Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. “You have no idea how excited I am, this is like a dream come true,” King has ...