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The King and her courts

By Bonnie DeSimone
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, August 8, 2006

Billie Jean King seldom sounds light-headed or giddy, but she was both during a teleconference with reporters last week after the announcement that the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. -- site of the U.S. Open and a public facility the other 50 weeks of the year -- would be named after her. The ceremony is scheduled for opening night of the Open, Aug. 28. The U.S. Tennis Association passed up millions of dollars in potential naming rights to honor 62-year-old King, which got me ...

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