After eleven in the morning, and before the noise at the Hollywood Boulevard crossing with Vine Street, a woman approached the security guards. “But who is it?” “Give a star. Billie Jean King.” “Ahhh well,” the passerby replied. “So that is deserved.” The feeling was widespread. The legend of tennis, winner of 39 Grand Slams, the woman who achieved equality in her sport and sport, who risked her career when leaving the closet in the eighties, received the most glamorous and global recognition: a star on the Paseo de la Fama de Hollywood. Estrella, one of those that so many times stepped as a child. Pioneer in everything, she is also a pioneer in this: she is the first woman to receive a star under the category of sports entertainment, created a couple of years ago by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, who manages the famous rose and gold stars promenade. Before information sneakers and some times with some help to get up and get on the stage, King thanked to be honored by Hollywood. “Sport is entertainment, sport is entertainment,” he said. “It is very important that the women of the sports world are honored by Hollywood,” he said. Minutes after receiving the star, in an interview with El País, King explained the reason for that importance. “Hollywood has a worldwide reach, so that has enormous importance; I always think in global terms,” he said, also bringing a certain nostalgia. “Not only that, but I am from the area, I come from Long Beach, California, below the road,” he joked, referring to the city to the southern Los Angeles and the largest sea port in the United States, where he was born and formed. “We used to come and walk along the walk to see all the stars,” he said. “But I remember that I never thought I would once have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I used Jamie Lee Curtis, her star on the Hollywood.chris Pizzello (Chris Pizzello/Invion/Ap) Paseo in the ceremony in which the star number 2,708 uncovered, on Monday at noon, King was wrapped by her wife, Iliana Kloss exharger, but also for more women in the guild: Rosie Casals, Connie Spoon Allaster and Maria Sharapova. The former Balcentist Magic Johnson and actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who made speakers to present it and, as the tradition sends, praise it, praise it, praise it, sharing a passion for a passion for the sport that has spread beyond their stage in the courts: both are shareholders of the main baseball team of the city, the Dodgers. They are partners and friends. “She is one of the greatest, not only as a player, but as a person,” Johnson praises her. “It has been a flag bearer in the struggle for salary equality. All those young girls who win today should thank you,” he told King, among applause. “You have always fought for the right thing, in social fights, against racism, for inclusion.” The tennis players Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss, in the recognition of King on the Paseo de la Fame of Hollywood, on April 7, 2025.chris Pizzello (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) in addition to his many professional achievements – as his six times as a number one of the world, his six times. Wimbledon titles, its creation of the WTA, the Association of Women Tennists, having given its name to important trophies, its triumph in the so -called battle of the 1973 sexes against Bobby Riggs, or the reception of the presidential medal of freedom by Barack Obama – the speakers have highlighted their relevant contribution to the social causes from the speaker of their sports wins. Jamie Lee Curtis stressed the importance of King’s legacy. “She understands that the legacy is what they say about you, but, and I quote it, ‘what defines us are the contributions we make’, and the contributions of Billie Jean King are powerful: on the track, the public fight, freedom.” ” Larry, her secretary made public that they maintained a romance and blackmail her with sue, which made her have to make her homosexuality public and that sports contracts and millions of dollars were vanished. Curtis remembered a King phrase where she said: “When they took me out of the closet I lost all my economic support and thought it would be the end of my career. But I started living an authentic life and that life opened the doors to me, and opened them to millions and millions of people to live authentic lives.” An authentic and worthy life of a Hollywood script. (Tagstotranslate) Sports
