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grinning gal and Mr. Bicep.
In 1973, Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs met in the Houston Astrodome for a winnter-take-all $100,000 exhibition tennis match billed as the “Battle of the Sexes.”
Riggs had won the trifecta at Wimbledon in 1939, claiming the men’s singles, men’s doubles, and mixed doubles titles. He then lost much of his prime to World War II.
Three decades later, Riggs – the consumate self-promoter – found a way to elevate his name again by taunting female tennis players. Initially, this led to him playing Margaret Court in 1972 (Riggs won, 6-2, 6-1) before the King match occurred the following year in the Houston Astrodome before over 30,000 spectators and estimates of 90 million tuning in via television. King won the match, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.
Albeit a lower quality, here is the ABC Sports telecast of the match. (As a Special Bonus: Howard Cosell is on the microphone.)
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