Former tennis champion and gender equality advocate Billie Jean King was named grand marshal of the 2025 Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena on Monday. “I had a unique opportunity.

Sports icon and equality rights advocate Billie Jean King was named the grand marshal of the 2025 Tournament of Roses, it was announced Monday. With 39 Grand Slam tennis titles and 20 career ...

Billie Jean King won a dozen Grand Slam singles titles ... It was for King's crusading that Life magazine in 1990 named her one of the "100 Most Important Americans of the 20th Century." ...

King earned 39 Grand Slam ... businessman named Bob Mitchell offered to pay her expenses for several months of practice Down Under. Usually in the autumn, Billie Jean minimized tennis and focused ...

Billie Jean King finished her career with an impressive 39 Grand Slam titles to her name, including 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. She won her last Grand Slam title ...