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Billie Jean King’s resume is missing one thing — a college degree — so, at 81, she's back in the school where she started: ...
King has been a pioneer in promoting tennis and advocating for women’s and LGBTQ+ rights. In 2006, the United States Tennis ...
Billie Jean King has accomplished much in her life, such as being the world’s top woman in tennis, advocating for women’s and LGBTQ+ rights, competing on The Masked Singer, beating Bobby Riggs in the ...
Julieta Pareja is a North County native who ascended to the top spot after reaching the final of this year’s Wimbledon ...
Determined to finish her degree, 81-year-old Billie Jean King returned to college at Cal State LA, and she's on track to earn ...
In the final few minutes of “Billie Jean,” the new play with Broadway aspirations at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, we follow ...
"I hate not finishing," she recalls telling her colleagues. They asked what she meant. "I haven't finished college," she told them. "And, you know, I should finish." Yeah, what a slacker.
Legendary actor and comedian Lily Tomlin was in Chicago support “Billie Jean,” a play about another living legend — Billie ...
The tennis legend announced in March that she had gone back to school to finish her long-deferred college degree.
Lauren M. Gunderson's world premiere at Chicago Shakespeare celebrates Billie Jean King's challenges and achievements, on and ...
The life story of sports hero and feminist icon Billie Jean King is the subject of a new play at the Chicago Shakespeare ...