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On This Date in Sports September 20, 1973: Battle of the Sexes

It was the ultimate Tennis sideshow at Astrodome as Bobby Riggs took on Billie Jean King in the “Battle of the Sexes”. Riggs, who mocked women’s tennis as illegitimate, was cast as the male chauvinist, while King was cast as defending the women’s liberation movement. A record crowd of 30,472 were in

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On This Date in Sports September 20, 1973: Battle of the Sexes

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