iM Sports Sleeves Blog — equal pay for women

It’s been over 40 years since the notorious tennis “Battle of the Sexes” match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. Bobby Riggs caused quite a stir commenting before the match that “the best way to handle women was to keep them barefoot and pregnant.” He did an excellent job of promoting the event with a constant stream of inflammatory comments. Billie Jean King easily won the nationally televised match in 1973 but many believe Riggs lost intentionally to win a large sum of money that he had bet against himself. The event struck a nerve with feminists and Billie...