Billie Jean King is going to be the first female athlete to receive the Congressional Gold Medal on her own. Athletes such as ...

Billie Jean King held the No. 1 ranking in women's tennis for years, and now she'll be No. 1 again, this time as the first ...

The tennis Hall of Famer and activist from Long Beach, who had already been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 ...

Billie Jean King will become the first-ever female athlete to receive the Congressional Gold Medal after a bill to honor the tennis legend passed.

King, who was a major advocate for the passage of Title IX in the 1970s, will be the first solo female athlete to receive the award. The measure still needs to be signed by President Joe Biden in ...

The tennis Hall of Famer and activist from Long Beach, who had already been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 ...

The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to award a Congressional Gold Medal to tennis legend and equal rights advocate Billie ...

The gold medal, awarded by Congress for distinguished achievements and contributions to society, have previously been given to athletes such as baseball players Jackie Robinson and Roberto ...

The Ongchangco brothers were honored posthumously with United States Congressional Gold Medals along with 42 other war heroes at a ceremony on Sept. 3, raising the number of its Filipino ...

Now she’s slated to break another one – as the likely recipient of a Congressional Gold Medal. Billie Jean ... Baseball players Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente, and golfers Jack Nicklaus ...