Billie Jean King On What It Took To Become Great, And Who She Predicts Will Win This Year’s Australian Open – Sundance Studio

Billie Jean King On What It Took To Become Great, And Who She Predicts Will Win This Year’s Australian Open – Sundance Studio

Tennis legend Billie Jean King attributes her astonishing success on the court – winning 39 Grand Slam titles – to several factors. “First of all, being born with coordination — thanks to my parents and God,” she told us as she stopped by Deadline’s Sundance Studio to discuss a new documentary about her, Give Me […]

Billie Jean King's Sundance documentary "Give Me the Ball" is a hit

PARK CITY, Utah — Magical moments unfolded on Monday at the Park City High School’s Eccles Theater where the Sundance Film Festival’s premiere of ESPN’s documentary “Give Me The Ball” about tennis legend Billie Jean King, was less a Sundance screening and more a true Sundance experience. At Sundance, where organizers pride themselves on starting films right on time, the sold out crowd was left waiting as publicists insisted King wrap up red carp…