By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, October 7, 2024
Picture credit score: J. Emilio Flores/Cal State LA
Grand Slam champion Billie Jean King will carry within the New Yr as Grand Marshall for the Rose Parade.
The 39-time Grand Slam champion from Lengthy Seashore is returning to her roots to function Grand Marshall for the 136th Rose Parade.
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Match of Roses President Ed Morales introduced at this time on the entrance steps of the long-lasting Match Home as King made a grand entrance to Elton John’s hit tune “Philadelphia Freedom”—a tune famously written in her honor that served because the theme for her WTT squad.
King’s choice as Grand Marshal ties seamlessly into this yr’s parade theme: “Greatest Day Ever!”, celebrating life’s finest moments.
Billie Jean King’s influence extends far past sports activities and the tennis court docket. Named one of many “100 Most Necessary Individuals of the twentieth Century” by LIFE journal, she is the primary lady athlete to obtain the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and she is going to turn into the primary particular person lady athlete to obtain the Congressional Gold Medal.
King can also be the founding father of the Ladies’s Sports activities Basis, the Ladies’s Tennis Affiliation, and the Billie Jean King Basis.
As Grand Marshal, King will experience down Colorado Boulevard, ushering within the new yr with the wonder and custom the Parade is thought for and take part within the pre-game ceremony on the School Soccer Playoff Quarterfinal on the 111th Rose Bowl Recreation.
“Being from Lengthy Seashore and rising up in Southern California I’ve fond reminiscences of watching the parade with my household and I’m deeply honored to be named Grand Marshal of the 2025 Rose Parade,” stated King. “This parade is an excellent celebration of pleasure and neighborhood, and it actually represents the “Greatest Day Ever” for all who attend or watch.”
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