Gail Collins with a Good Op-Ed on the Battle of the Sexes and Hal Shaw

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…the Billie Jean King-Bobby Riggs match was a central story in the history of the American women’s movement. The great hurdle women were trying to overcome in the 1970s was ridicule, and Riggs, who had built himself a new career as a self-styled chauvinist pig, was all about the sneer.” Gail Collin

Gail Collins debunks the idea that Bobby Riggs threw the Battle of the Sexes tennis match in this compelling article,
Rebattling of the Sexes, where she delves into the Mob personalities, motivations and egos.

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