Category Archives: Spring 2023 Features

By Madeline Ladd ’25 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Six was the lucky number for tennis star Billie Jean King on September 20, 1973. On this date, she claimed victory in the famed Battle of the Sexes against former No. 1 ranked men’s tennis player and self-proclaimed male chauvinist Bobby Riggs. The consequences of the match wereContinue reading “From Unladylike to Unstoppable: Analyzing the Shift in Media Portrayal of BJK from 1964-1974 “

By Andrew McGuinness ’24 The Cold War was at its hottest for much of the 1970s and 1980s, creating an incredible amount of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union in countless aspects. One of the most heated facets, as it turns out, was hockey. Even people who, to quote Miracle on IceContinue reading “Soviets Success Shaped Team Play, Intense Training of Modern NHL”