11 Facts About Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King is one of tennis’ most celebrated athletes. But she also championed gender equality efforts and fought for equal pay in sports.
Billie Jean King is one of tennis’ most celebrated athletes. But she also championed gender equality efforts and fought for equal pay in sports.
Speedos, the famously ultra-tight swimming attire, showed so much leg on the conservative beaches of Australia that men were arrested.
From Kubb to Pindaloo, these offbeat yard games will keep you entertained all summer long.
The perfect game is to a baseball pitcher what Moby-Dick was to Captain Ahab.
The pint-sized escorts have been a part of the pregame ceremonies since the mid-1990s.
Wilma Rudolph made history as a Black woman athlete at the 1960 Rome Olympics, becoming the first American woman to win three gold medals at one Olympics.
The antagonistic comic feuded with Jerry Lawler and specialized in wrestling women.
The silhouetted player in the MLB logo is ambiguous in more ways than one.
Gibson was the first Black athlete to win a Grand Slam tennis event—and she also played pro golf.
For the second year in a row, ‘TIME’ has singled out a dozen actors, sports figures, and activists making a difference in the world.
The legendary golfer once shot a classic Nike commercial that some assumed had to have been a special effect. (It wasn't.)
LeBron James has been a basketball superstar for most of this century, but it was two football coaches who changed his life.
Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali once saved a man's life, fought tooth decay, and tussled with an NHL enforcer.
The prizefighter challenged racist attitudes in boxing at the turn of the 20th century both in and out of the ring.
In the 1990s, Super Bowl halftime shows were lame. Fox decided what people needed was Jim Carrey setting himself on fire.
Owens’s triumph at the 1936 Summer Olympics defied racist ideology and inspired generations of athletes.
The horses are an iconic feature in many Super Bowl commercials.
For each year’s Super Bowl showdown, manufacturers and retailers will produce and stock two sets of T-shirts, hats, and other merchandise that declares each team the champ. So who gets the losing team’s stuff?
Ads used to be cloaked in secrecy before the big game. A 2011 Star Wars spot changed all that.
You don’t need to be a smark to appreciate these pro wrestling slang terms (but it might help).
More than17 million people call in ‘sick’ the Monday after the game. So why not play it on a Saturday?
Americans consume more than 1 billion wings on Super Bowl Sunday, and we have sports bars to thank.
On Pluto, you might be able to toss it over the equivalent of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Why do the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys always take to the field for a Thanksgiving football game? Because it’s tradition! But how did this tradition begin?