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Don Van Natta Jr., senior writer at ESPN the Magazine, joins host Carl Bialik to talk about his investigation into the famous 1973 exhibition match won by Billie Jean King over Bobby Riggs. Van Natta's explosive reporting suggested that Riggs was paid to throw the match. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Van Natta's 2013 ESPN article and "Outside The Lines" segment http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/9589625/the-match-maker Van Natta's The Sunday Long Read newsletter and podcast http://www.sundaylongread.com/ Van Natta on Twitter https://twitter.com/DVNJr
By Carl Bialik4.4
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Don Van Natta Jr., senior writer at ESPN the Magazine, joins host Carl Bialik to talk about his investigation into the famous 1973 exhibition match won by Billie Jean King over Bobby Riggs. Van Natta's explosive reporting suggested that Riggs was paid to throw the match. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Van Natta's 2013 ESPN article and "Outside The Lines" segment http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/9589625/the-match-maker Van Natta's The Sunday Long Read newsletter and podcast http://www.sundaylongread.com/ Van Natta on Twitter https://twitter.com/DVNJr