but there was an underlying current of, this is for real. >> first serve. >> bobby riggs leading 3-2. the first set. everybody forgets that. i missed overheads. i never miss overheads, hardly ever. that was my moment of truth. i thought about what my life would be like if i lost. i thought about, what would it do for others if i won this match? i had all kinds of doubts. i was scared. i just had to win. for title ix, everything. come on, you've got to do this. >> she's got him running. yes, with a brilliant place! >> game ms. king. >> beautiful shot! >> match point for billie jean king. >> she beats bobby riggs in three straight sets. >> something broke through that day, that men had to acknowledge that just by dint of being male you weren't always better, because billie jean king kicked his ass. >> mrs. king trounced riggs in three straight sets last night. it wasn't much of a contest. billie jean savored her victory at courtside, and her fans across the country did the same. >> i like the fact that billie jean won. that the female won. >> well, the two men in my family left me alone

you me like bobby riggs beat billie jean king? i don't even think of tennis as a man's sport. when i think of a man's sport, i think of a sport where you get some bones broke. like football. that's right. i think getting bones broke is stupid. hey, irene, ain't you got no love for your country? i must have missed something. i thought we were talking about football. football is the only sport the commies ain't stolen from us. it's why you can travel all over the civilized world and you won't find an all-american any place but right here in the good old u.s. of a. tell me, archie. what manly games do you play? well, i used to play a little football. i played a lot of baseball. i still bowl in the men's league. i shoot pool. pool? that's right, pool. you any good at it? [laughs] i hold my own. do you think you could beat a woman? with one eye closed, one hand tied behind my back and a bad case of the flu. okay, i challenge you. you challenge me? you're crazy, irene. i'm serious. oh, come on, will you? anyway, a gentleman don't play pool with no woman. i got $10 says i can beat yo

. >> bobbie riggs was okay.he watches "hardball", so i'm always going to be a billie jean king fan. thank you, margaret. madeleine albright, it's good to have you here. you're above it all, but you're here. >> it's always fun. >> thank you, secretary madel e madeleine albright and margaret carlson. >>> up next, let me finish with another clinton campaign in new hampshire. this is back in '92. my memories of the dramatic political finish here in 1992. look at clinton. he's a kid. this is "hardball," the place for politics, live from manchester ahead of tonight's republican debate. if you have high blood pressure like i do, many cold medicines may raise your blood pressure. that's why there's coricidin® hbp. it relieves cold symptoms without raising blood pressure. so look for powerful cold medicine with a heart. coricidin® hbp. dad, yoh no, i'll take you up to me off rthe front of the school. that's where your friends are. seriously, it's, it's really fine. you don't want to be seen with your dad? no, it's..no..