billie jean king. how she felt when she beat bobby rigs that that battle of the sexes. >> i still wake up in a cold sweat, i got to play that match! oh -- thank you, god, for letting me win. >> the challenges she faced coming out. >> i didn't get comfortable in my own skin until i was probably 51. >> and my surprising connection with her. i was a ball boy at wimbledon. >> no way. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> we will start by talking about rory mcilroy's smashing victory, 16 under par, the lowest score in tournament history. first start to finish winner since tiger woods in 2002 and he's only 22 years old. rory mcilroy joins me now. rory, as a fellow irishman, thank you for coming to america and beating them at their own game in their own backyard. >> yeah -- i mean, no, what can i say. it was one of the best weeks in my life. everything sort of just came together at the right time and it was a great win. >> i mean to come to america and win the u.s. open is a feat very few ever achieve outsid

citracal. >>> right now my special guest billie jean king. that elton john himself wrote in your honor. tell me about that. >> well, actually a lot of the people out here, too. they're all singing it to help us remember. >> so it was "philadelphia freedom". >> i played world team tennis for the philadelphia freedom the first year. elton used to come sit on the bench. ted hengley the designer from england made the uniform for us. we played a competition against bill cosby as well. he used to sit on the bench with our team. it's a co-ed team. that's actually my core business, world team tennis. so it's ironic because here we go. so anyway, we're going to a concert together. he said i want to write you a song. and of course i'm blurk by now. i thought he was teasing, right? joking. you must be joking. no, no, no, i'm serious. he said, what are we going to call it? i go, i don't know. i'm like so embarrassed by this time. and he goes, how about philadelphia freedom that sn that would be great. i love that. i love philadelphia. good. it's iambic.

i sued billy jean king. she was -- look, billy jean king is old and busted. i'm the new hotness. was at an autograph show pretending to be me. people were hitting her, but she was making money. i sued her for the bruises and the bucks. >> do you shop at old navy? >> yeah. >> old navy is great when you lose your lug luggage. you can go in there and buy -- or if you don't want to buy laundry you can buy new ones. >> it is like the taco bell. >> it is called old navy, but no epilepse. >> the crown plaza hotel is introducing sno re monitors. it is making sure nobody is disturbing the guests. they will patrol the halls fed -- halls of the designated quiet zone. they will quietly enter the room and kill you. ryan, is this a good idea? somebody is going to knock on your door in the middle of the night and stop snoring. is that going to stop you? >> how will they prove you are senatoring or sleeping? were you snoring no i was having sex. oh, sorry to bother you. as loud as you want. >> with a bear. >> do you believe this story? >> i do. it makes perfect sense. a hotel would do this inste

. >> billie jean king. what a legend she is. i'm knee me charges at a u.n. tribunal of the haig but his lawyer says he'll not be appearing a person because the person hasn't approved his team of lawyers. shin a wa has talked about thai's government. she's poised to be thai's next prime minister after launching a political career six weeks ago. her brother was ousted in a milita milita milita milita milita military coup five years ago. >>> the greek government is forcing through a deeply unpopular program of seattle sales, spending cuts, and tax increases. >>> it looks as though venezuelan president hugo chavez will be staying in china for the time being. this video was released. venezuelan officials said he would be back on tuesday. now they said he'll be back inside of six months. those are the headlines. i'm monita rajpal in london. "world business today" starts right now. >>> good morning from cnn london, i'm nina dos santos. >> and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i'm andrew stevens. welcome to "world business today." these are our top stories o

i went to a clinic with billie jean king and i remember really wanting to impress her, to show her what i could do. i was running and hitting as hard as i could. it is so funny. it is full circle. now i am in that position. i love being a part of it. >> with so much money and greed dominating our sports lately, and after two successful walkouts it looks like the pros could learn a few things from the kids. a contest was held at this high school with a $40,000 scholarship as the prize. the winner gave it all back. he is already headed to cal state northridge on a full scholarship, so he thought the other seven finalists could use the cash more than he could. a documentary of this story will be released this fall. >> how about that. >> that is so great. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for just $99.99 a month for a year. wa to save even more? call now and we'll add over 60 premium channels including showtime, starz,, epix, and more for 12 months. fios

. >> billie jean king. that's "anderson cooper 360" >>> piers, thank you. dr. sanjay gupta tonight sitting in for anderson. tonight we're going to bring you a view of casey anthony you've never seen before. 360 has obtained video of casey when she was a little girl. five years old. it's a birthday caylee would never reach. as casey's defense wraps up, we'll wrap up the dramatic final day of testimony and dig deeper on two questions everybody seems to have been asking, would she testify? and then why didn't she? we begin, though, keeping them honest with new and troubling developments in a disaster both anderson and i saw up close. the nuclear catastrophe in fukushima japan. today's headline. the government recommending more evacuations. hard to believe, 113 additional households in four districts in the city of date. that's far beyond the mandatory exclusion zone set up for 20 kilometers around the crippled reactors. these are newly designated hot spots. separately, according to a citizens group and a french ngo, trace amounts of radio isotopes have now been fo

. >> billie jean king. what a legend she is. >>> closing arguments are nearly done. hours from now, jurors could begin deliberating casey anthony's fate. she stands accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee in 2008. for the past six weeks, much of the country has been fixated on every aspect of her trial. each day has brought strange twists and unexpected turns and today was no exception. even before the defense could finish its closing argument, the courtroom drama suddenly turned personal between rival lawyers. judge belvin perry yanked both member from the courtroom. he then issue ad stern warning and any more inappropriate behavior, they will be thrown off the case. our panel, holly hughes. in orlando, jane velez-mitchell, host of hln's "issues." drew with wdbo radio and martin savidge. david mattingly is here as well. and we'll start with you. both sides want to win. each told jurors the other side's case was flawed, weak, and full of holes. they can't both be right. what happened today, david? >> reporter: about the only thing these two have in common,

is it a, maria sharapova, b, venus williams, c, anna kournikova or d, billie jean king? >> oh, boy. right. i'm going to go first with c. >> that is correct. >> that's what i was going to say. i just didn't want to be wrong. >> she had 30 double faults in a match in 1991 and still won. congratulations, richard. >> you are the luckiest guy i've ever met in life. >> i've got -- what can i say? what can i say? that does it for this week. remember, we are here each week thursday on "quest means business" 1800 gmt. >> and keep the comments coming on our blogs. tell us each week what you want the two of us to speak about. see you next week, richard. >> victory is sweet. >>> imagine a world of advertising where women actually appeared as they are? well, up next, we tell you about a country headed in that direction. >>> [ barks ] ♪ [ cat meows ] ♪ [ whistles ] ♪ [ cat meows ] ♪ [ ting! ] [ male announcer ] travelers can help you protect the things you care about and save money with multi-policy discounts. are you getting the coverage you need and the discounts you deserve? for an agent or qu