17 Funny Things People in the 1970s Were Totally Guilty of Doing

Betting on Bobby Riggs beating Billie Jean King

It was dubbed the “Battle of the Sexes,” but you didn’t have to be a tennis expert to predict how this 1973 battle was going to end.

Sadly, not all of us were ready to acknowledge that maybe, just maybe, a 29-year-old female athlete could wipe the floor with her 55-year-old male opponent. And yes, we feel silly now.