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  • ESPN, ABC: Did Bobby Riggs throw his legendary match against Billy Jean King?

    08/27/2013 6:47:52 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 46 replies
    Hotair ^ | 08/27/2013 | Ed Morrissey
    Forty years ago, the battle of the sexes took a more literal turn in the world of sports, and captured the imagination of the country — and the world. By then a fading star in men’s tennis, Bobby Riggs challenged rising women’s tennis star Billie Jean King to a three-set match to settle whether women could compete against men on an even field. But how even was the field? ESPN and ABC report that Riggs may have thrown the match in cahoots with the Mafia: Breaking News |Celebrity News |More ABC News Videos The “Battle of the Sexes,” a 1973...
  • The U.S.T.A. Needs to Ditch the Babes (Kournikovas are bad for women's tennis)

    08/28/2003 6:53:53 AM PDT · by presidio9 · 67 replies · 7,668+ views
    The New York Times ^ | August 28, 2003 | SELENA ROBERTS
    NLY one forbidden Russian could pout her way into the hearts of middle-age men seeking a Kevin Spacey moment amid the "American Beauty" rose petals. Only one sassy diva would respond to a marriage proposal from a teenage fan panting among the Clearasil crowd by sneering, "You couldn't afford me." There is only one Anna Kournikova. As one of the first downloadable darlings of the Internet, as the savior of a once glam-challenged Tour, as the mystery blonde from Moscow, Anna will never be duplicated. To all the player agents who believe they've Got Next, to all the officials looking...