and after that match, anyone who saw bobby riggs, his best friend, sat there with him, he was staring straight into space, he was in an ice tub, he was mortified he lost. there is no way that was a thrown match. and there is also we ll take a break here, i ll pick this up on the other side, reading about the relationship in the later years is interesting too. i want to ask you about that and talk about the evolution of women s sports since the battle of the sexes. with the spark miles card from capital one, bjorn earns unlimited rewards for his small business. take these bags to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjorn s small business earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce delivery. [ bjorn ] just put it on my spark card. [ garth ] why settle for less? ahh, oh! [ garth ] great businesses deserve unlimited rewards. here s your wake up call. [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one and earn unlimited rewards. choose double miles or 2% cash back on ever
take us back to what women s sports was like, what the atmosphere was like in 1973 and how this battle of the sexes that played thought week, how it fit into that. billie was the perfect face for a new shade of that revolution. i think that when people think about the women s movement back then it was very hard-line, it was very visceral and very angry at times and billie really, and i think gloria steinem said this over and over, she brought a different face to the movement. she brought the face of someone who would smile and the face of somebody like bobby riggs and who would, in so many different ways ask for the same thing, equal pay, equal treatment, but it was coming from a different voice. it was coming from a girl next door. and i think that s what she did. she empowered the movement by broadening it, by getting it out of the hard line and into the mainstream and this was a perfect vehicle for her to do so, to take on a guy, a bit of a huckster, to play along in many
can play tennis with a good man tennis player. but what makes this match a credible match and what makes it the attraction it is and because and why the eyes of the world are on it is that this isn t just a tennis match, this is a battle of the sexes, and the gladiator for the men happened to be me, i was cast into that role, a 55-year-old guy with one foot in the grave that hasn t played tournament tennis for 15 or 17 years. the match known as the battle of the sexes defined women s tennis, women s sports in the fight for women s equality for years to come. we re going to discuss it next. ? okay, who helps you focus on your recovery? yo, yo, yo. aflac. wow. [ under his breath ] that was horrible. pays you cash when you re sick or hurt? [ japanese accent ] aflac. love it. [ under his breath ] hate it. helps you focus on getting back to normal? [ as a southern belle ] aflac. [ as a cowboy ] aflac. [ sassily ] aflac. uh huh. [ under his breath ] i am so fired. you re on in 5, duck.
jamel buoy, and martin frost of texas. she was brought out on to the court on a throne carried by four men. and three sets later billie jean king had changed the lives of every woman and girl in america. we ll discuss how the battle of the sexes today continues to transform our culture. that s next. my asthma s under control. i get out a lot. except when it s too cold. like the last three weekends. asthma doesn t affect my job. you missed the meeting again last week! it doesn t affect my family. your coughing woke me up again. i wish you d take me to the park. i don t use my rescue inhaler a lot. depends on what you mean by a lot. coping with asthma isn t controlling it. test your level of control at asthma.com, then talk to your doctor. there may be more you could do for your asthma.
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