Sports, equity icon Billie Jean King named 2025 Rose Parade grand marshal
Billie Jean King, tennis legend and longtime social activist, will lead the 2025 Rose Parade as its grand marshal, Tournament of Roses President Ed Morales announced Monday, Oct. 6, on the front steps of the historic Tournament House in Pasadena. King, 80, accepted her newest honor as Elton John’s song “Philadelphia Freedom” played — a…