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Also by Selena Roberts:

A-Rod, May 2009
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A Necessary Spectacle, August 2005
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A NECESSARY SPECTACLE
By: Selena Roberts

Crown
August 2005
288 pages
ISBN: 1400051460
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction

1973. The Battle of the Sexes.

It was the match that changed everything. In this riveting book by New York Times sports columnist Selena Roberts, the whole spectacle returns, larger than life and more important than ever. This story reaches beyond two outsize and utterly fascinating personalities who emerged during a simmering social revolution that pitted chauvinists against feminists. It also chronicles the complex, longtime marriage of Billie Jean and Larry King; the cavalcade of issues that rocked the 1970s, from equal pay to abortion rights; and a wrenching coming-out story recounted in intimate detail by Billie Jean King for the first time.

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Fresh Air - NPR - August 26, 2005