Tennis

Tennis star Alison van Uytvanck kissed her girlfriend on TV after winning a match at Wimbledon

She says there's no reason to hide her sexuality because "I'm not sick. I don't have a disease."

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Martina Navratilova proposal broadcast on big screen at US Open

NEW YORK -- Tennis great Martina Navratilova proposed to her girlfriend on the big screen of Arthur Ashe Stadium between the U.S. Open men's semifinals. Navratilova popped the question to Julia Lemigova in the Tennis Channel…

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Billie Jean King talks tennis, LGBT athletes, keys to a successful career

NEW YORK -- Billie Jean King is so busy attending events during the U.S. Open, she hardly has time to watch matches at the venue that bears her name. However, King still has plenty of opinions…

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Notre Dame’s Matt Dooley: The hardest person to tell he is gay was himself

Notre Dame tennis player Matt Dooley said the hardest person to tell he was gay was himself. "Saying gay for the first time was extremely tough, almost choking, because you know your life will never be…

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Billie Jean King talks Sochi Olympics, LGBT rights, openly gay athletes

Billie Jean King's taxi ride home after the Sochi Olympics included a revelation. She had just returned from a whirlwind three days at the Sochi Games, part of the U.S. delegation for the closing ceremony chosen…

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Billie Jean King to attend Olympics’ closing ceremony in Sochi

WASHINGTON -- Billie Jean King will attend the closing ceremony of the Sochi Olympics in Russia as part of President Barack Obama's official U.S. delegation.

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Billie Jean King won’t attend Sochi opening due to family illness

NEW YORK -- Billie Jean King will not attend Friday's opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics in Russia because her mother is ill.

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Billie Jean King part of diplomacy by diversity: ‘We reflect part of America’

Billie Jean King believes standing up to discrimination is the best way to combat it, so she had no hesitation joining the U.S. delegation for the Sochi Olympics.

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Obama to skip Olympic games, selects gay athletes for Sochi delegation

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama sent Russia a clear message about its treatment of gays and lesbians with who he is - and isn't - sending to represent the United States at the Sochi Olympics.

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Billie Jean King reflects on being a gay, professional athlete in the 1970s

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Billie Jean King said Tuesday that she couldn't have revealed herself as being gay in the 1970s because it would have damaged the fledgling women's professional tennis tour.

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