Emma Stone scores as Billie Jean King in 'Battle of the Sexes

Inveterate hustler and former tennis champion Bobby Riggs challenged Billie Jean King to a best-of-five match when she was up and he was down, and the world was primed for a gender-war gimmick with teeth.

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