"go for it — billie jean king.", i think she has changed our sport for the better. she stood up for what she believed in and made very significant changes in our sport, so i think more of the fact that she spoke out about something that she believed in very strongly, is something that i would say i have learned from and will hopefully continue to do in my career. she fought to make the world a better place and to give the people without a voice a voice, and for people to believe that anything is possible. there is no greater validation than having someone tell you that you made a difference, and billie jean certainly made a difference. the weather's calming down after storm erik, still pretty blustery across the north—east of the uk, but the winds here will continue to ease as we go through the evening and the overnight period. sunday is going to be a mixed bag. we've got both rain and sunshine on the way. now, right now this is where storm erik is right now, across the north sea, but this area of cloud is drifting

billiejean billie jean king listening billiejean king listening to your speech, it seems very humbleything you have achieved in your life, you are game changer. everything you have achieved in your life, you are game changeri everything you have achieved in your life, you are game changer. i think i really wanted to thank people and then go through the progression of how i made it from the time i was young and wanted to be number one and won wimbledon and when you think back at this age, you start — i'm a lwa ys back at this age, you start — i'm always thinking about all the different people who helped me because you never get their loan, ever. i listen to certain athletes oi’ ever. i listen to certain athletes or players and i think whoa! they talk just about themselves. i want to know about how did you get here? and i think it is important that people have a little bit of history. she fell in love with the game and thatis she fell in love with the game and that is truly what started her. she came home and said she wanted to be a tennis player. and how old is she? 11 years old. she

"go for it — billie jean king."has changed our sport for the better. she stood up for what she believed in, and made very significant changes in our sport, so i think more of the fact that she spoke out about something that she believed in very strongly, is something that i would say i have learned from and will hopefully continue to do in my career. she fought to make the world a better place, and to give the people without a voice a voice, and for people to believe that anything is possible. there is no greater validation than having someone tell you that you made a difference, and billie jean certainly made a difference. the week ahead is looking much quieter, before we get there are still an unsettled feel for some of us still an unsettled feel for some of us to end sunday, we have had some persistent and heavy rain across parts of east anglia and england, this is king's lynn not so long ago. the frontal system is clearing eastwards. we also have this system across the far north of scotland draping its way aroun

"go for it — billie jean king."anged our sport for the better. she stood up for what she believed in, and made very significant changes in our sport, so i think more of the fact that she spoke out about something that she believed in very strongly, is something that i would say i have learned from and will hopefully continue to do in my career. she fought to make the world a better place, and to give the people without a voice a voice, and for people to believe that anything is possible. there is no greater validation than having someone tell you that you made a difference, and billie jean certainly made a difference. storm eric brought wind to the uk yesterday. look at this bank of cloud which will bring outbreaks of rain overnight. in between, showers across western areas but spells of sunshine, the best of these feather is. this is northumberland a short while ago. we have the strongest winds, a0 or 50 while ago. we have the strongest winds, a0 or50 mph while ago. we have the strongest winds, a0 or 50 mph gustsju

with millions of people, and athletes historically whether we're talking about muhammad ali, billy jean king, they're often able to be our truth tellers in society. they are able to speak about issues that do in fact connect with tens of millions of people. i view laura ingram as a police officer attempting to make sure the players shut up and dribble. what lebron james did was take that vile phrase and turned it into a mini-series. where he spoke about the history of politics and the national basketball association. so it's brilliant, and also shows that i feel very gratified about this that we're not the only people having these discussions about sports and politics it's not broken out into the mainstream, and i think that's why people like laura ingram are so panicked because there is a recognize of the influence they have. >> peter: and you've written about the miami heat wearing hoodies, after tray von martin. >> dave: that to me was the game particularly in the national basketball association because you saw other players pose with hoodies, put them on social media, and this is at the

connects with millions of people and whether we are talking about mohammed ali or john carlos, billie jean kingthey are often able to be truth tellers in society and able to speak about issues that do in fact connect with tens of millions of people and that is why their platform is policed so assiduously. i view laura ingraham as a media cop, police officer attempting to make sure players shut up and dribble. what lebron james did that was so ingenious as he took that vile phrase and turned it into an entire political theory he produced where he spoke about the history of politics and the national basketball association. it is brilliant and also i feel gratified about this but we are not the only people having these kinds of discussions about sports and politics, broken out into mainstream and that is why people like laura ingram are so panicked. it is a recognition of the influence they have. >> host: you have written also about the miami heat wearing hoodies. >> host: that was with lebron james and dwayne wade, back in 2011, that to me was the game changer when it came to sports and politics