Sour Grapes

there's an entire story in today's paper consisting of Billie Jean King's opinion about Danica Patrick's IndyCar race win. Danica is the first female race car driver to win an IndyCar race. it's a huge accomplishment, and one that she has worked long and hard for!
well...BJK has her panties all in a bunch about the media coverage and attention that Danica is getting. King begs to differ when people call it the most significant women's victory in sports history. she wants to remind people that she had it much harder 35 years ago as a woman tennis player. and she wants us to remember that she beat a man, Bobby Riggs, in a now infamous match. King thinks her victory was more special than Danica's.
I say baloney! BJK was a great tennis player and she certainly deserves praise for making strides for women in professional sports. but she played a sport that already had female athletes competing against each other. the match against Riggs was just a media circus, and an opportunity for publicity for the sport of tennis.
Danica is competing in an all-male sport (at least before she came along). she doesn't have the opportunity to race in women-only races. she MUST compete against men if she wants to drive race cars professionally.
i love you BJK, but why try to steal Danica's thunder? it's her turn to be in the spotlight. step down already. sheesh!