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VIDEO: Billie Jean King exclusive interview - Jul 03, 2009 | 11:03:16
posted by: Marta Lawrence
Wimbledon will finish this weekend and what better way to kick off your celebration than with the legendary Billie Jean King. I had the opportunity to sit down with King for an exclusive interview at last year's Convention where she won the NCAA's Gerald R. Ford Award. She was vibrant, funny and very sassy, pulling lipstick from her trouser sock to reapply before the cameras started rolling. And, for all you American Wimbledon fans out there, you should know that BJK says it's pronounced WimbleDON, not WimbleTon (as we Americans are so often accustomed to pronouncing it). 
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