{"id":160771,"date":"2025-04-08T05:40:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T05:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/billie-jean-king-becomes-first-woman-honored-in-hollywood-walk-of-fames-new-sports-entertainment-category\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T05:40:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T05:40:04","slug":"billie-jean-king-becomes-first-woman-honored-in-hollywood-walk-of-fames-new-sports-entertainment-category","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/billie-jean-king-becomes-first-woman-honored-in-hollywood-walk-of-fames-new-sports-entertainment-category\/","title":{"rendered":"Billie Jean King Becomes First Woman Honored in Hollywood Walk of Fame\u2019s New Sports Entertainment Category!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/billie-jean-king\/\" title=\"Billie Jean King\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Billie Jean King<\/strong><\/a> continues to make history, even in her 80s!<\/p>\n<p>The tennis legend, who is now 81, was just honored with a star on the <strong><em>Hollywood Walk of Fame<\/em><\/strong> during an unveiling ceremony on Monday (April 7) in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Billie<\/strong> is the first woman to be honored in the Sports Entertainment category, which was created in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSports are entertainment, and as athletes, we love performing in front of an audience,\u201d <strong>Billie <\/strong>said at her ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Billie<\/strong> was supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/jamie-lee-curtis\/\" title=\"Jamie Lee Curtis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jamie Lee Curtis<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/flavor-flav\/\" title=\"Flavor Flav\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Flavor Flav<\/strong><\/a>, sports stars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/magic-johnson\/\" title=\"Magic Johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Magic Johnson<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/maria-sharapova\/\" title=\"Maria Sharapova\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Maria Sharapova<\/strong><\/a>, and her wife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/ilana-kloss\/\" title=\"Ilana Kloss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ilana Kloss<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jamie Lee <\/strong>wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DIKEljRy8Kx\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DIKEljRy8Kx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, \u201cThe honor of a lifetime. I have admired @billiejeanking for so many things, her skill ON the court, but mostly her profound accomplishments OFF the court as an advocate and leader in the fight for equality and inclusion and love, and it was thrilling to be one of the speakers todayalong with Magic @magicjohnson and her wife @cooksandking here in my City of Angels honoring Billie Jean on the Hollywood walk of fame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Browse through the gallery for more photos from the event\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/04\/08\/billie-jean-king-becomes-first-woman-honored-in-hollywood-walk-of-fames-new-sports-entertainment-category\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billie Jean King continues to make history, even in her 80s! The tennis legend, who is now 81, was just honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during an unveiling ceremony on Monday (April 7) in Los Angeles. 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