A $5,000 check won by Billie Jean King 50 years ago helped create Women’s Sports Foundation
NEW YORK — Billie Jean King’s $5,000 check sure went a long way for women’s sports. King used the money from a sportswoman of the year award to launch the Women’s Sports Foundation in 1974. Since then, the foundation has invested more than $100 million to help girls and women gain opportunities and equity in […]