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Related: About this forumanyone here remember when billie jean king clobbered bobby riggs?
just kinda popped into my head.
something reminded me of it.
might have been something i saw on tv last night.
not sure what it was.
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anyone here remember when billie jean king clobbered bobby riggs? (Original Post)
unblock
Sep 2016
OP
I do, and I even recall when Riggs destroyed Margaret Court a few months earlier...
joeybee12
Sep 2016
#2
wow, blast from the past! I vaguely remember how embarassing that was for "men"
Fast Walker 52
Sep 2016
#5
I remember being warned not to get girl students "riled up" in a faculty meeting
displacedtexan
Sep 2016
#6
JonathanRackham
(1,604 posts)1. Except Trump had no balls.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)2. I do, and I even recall when Riggs destroyed Margaret Court a few months earlier...
Not many people remember they played first. The homophobic, fundie nutjob Court probably was the better player but couldn't handle the pressure.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)3. She won ... and Rigg's jumped the net ...
http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/tennis-pro-billie-jean-king-claps-her-hands-as-bobby-riggs-jumps-the-picture-id515108956
... in an effort to appear like the winner.
Trump went straight to the spin room ... same reason.
... in an effort to appear like the winner.
Trump went straight to the spin room ... same reason.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)4. Sure do. Billie Jean King is one of the great ambassadors in all of sports.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)5. wow, blast from the past! I vaguely remember how embarassing that was for "men"
I was only a kid at the time
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)6. I remember being warned not to get girl students "riled up" in a faculty meeting
I was student teaching that fall, and the principal warned that the boys would be upset if the girls acted superior after the King win. We were all told to avoid the subject in the classroom.
Of course, those were the days before we could even wear pantsuits. Then, when we finally could wear them, the jacket had to cover the crotch. I kid you not.