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 ...

More than two decades since his passing in 1995, the ever-entrepreneurial Bobby Riggs (or his benefactors of choice) will make some more money via a tennis racquet. So goes the auction site's ...

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

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

Catch up quick: Over the past decade, Bobby Riggs Racket and Paddle Club has converted its seven tennis courts into 22 pickleball courts, making it one of the largest venues in San Diego county.

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).

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

(Reuters) - American tennis great Billie Jean King has been honoured with her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. King, a ...