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Billie Jean King was on NPR's Morning Edition today talking about the impending 35th anniversary of the "Battle of the Sexes" she fought with professional jerkface Bobby Riggs. For those too young to remember, Riggs, an aging tennis star, challenged King to a tennis match, saying he would beat her because women are too weak to compete against men. Well, Billie Jean handed Riggs his ass in three straight sets, and it was a very public victory for all women in sports. Flash forward to now, and the battle of the sexes is no longer about athletic prowess: on the college level at least, it's about athletic funding. According to the Wall Street Journal, some think that money going to female athletes is making it hard for college athletic programs to provide for less popular men's sports, like gymnastics. More »
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