Posted on 08/28/2013 8:05:28 AM PDT by chessplayer
A few months back, when I was swatting away the absolutely absurd notion that Brittney Griner could play in the NBA, I snarked, “Then again, Billie Jean King did beat a 55-year-old former pro that one time, so maybe Griner will totes fit into the NBA.”
But even that bit of credit was unwarranted, apparently. Because it turns out the infamous battle of the sexes—in which the 30-year-old King routed the 55-year-old Bobby Riggs—wasn’t a legit match. Allegedly, the fix was in:
The story is filled with fascinating nuggets. Like JVL, I hadn’t realized that Riggs trounced—just absolutely crushed, in straight sets, giving up only three games over two sets—Margaret Court, then the most dominant* women’s player in the world, just a few months before playing King. Whereas he trained long and hard for the exhibition against Court, he slacked off before going to battle with Billie Jean. Riggs’ son was so angry with his lackadaisical approach he apparently wagered on King to win—and he wasn’t even in on the fix.
Unlike my older brother, I never bought into the “superheros” running around in their underwear and secret identies that consist of thick glasses or party masks.
Nope, I was into “Sgt Rock” “Unknown Soldier” “Our Army At War” and war comics or going to the darkside, horror comics aka, “Tales from the Crypt”, “The Witching Hour”, “House of Secrets”, etc or an combo “Weird War Tales”.
Thus Ghouls and witches were covered by “The Supernatural” and “Sgt. Rock” and “Easy Company” just had “good luck”
Then Mad Mazagine...
No. They knew that from long ago. JFK is STILL considered a good president.
'Nuff said
Actually, the game’s greatest Whiner is all over the HoF, but his apologists choose to ignore that irritating lil fact
I once saw an interview with Chris Evert, then the number 1 women’s tennis player, in which she said there was no way she could beat the 100th male tennis player.
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