May 7, 2012 Table Of Contents
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Inside: THE WEEK IN SPORTS
Think Andrew Luck has it tough? All Ryan Tannehill has to do is be Dan Marino and make the Dolphins forget the past decade
By Peter King
Draft grades? Meaningless right now. But there are insights to be gleaned
By Jim Trotter
Whether or not the Grizzlies can repeat last year's playoff success will come down to whether their two stars learn to coexist
By Chris Mannix
What does Houston's Chris Snyder (career average: .229) have in common with the Splendid Splinter? Now even he sees defenses deploy radical alignments to stop him. The Ted Williams Shift—it isn't just for legends (or lefties) anymore
By Albert Chen
In April it's not how good or bad a team's record looks. The quality of a club's opponents might say more about its long-term chances for contending
By Joe Sheehan
The BCS is finally dead, and while the NCAA debates the new playoff model, SI has the plan that would be best for all
Last season's scandal did little to hurt UCLA's recruiting
After being supplanted in the net, the veteran goalie's tenure in Vancouver appears to be over. Here's where he might land
COACH'S CORNER Shorthanded Breakouts
The up-and-down, but always entertaining, career of Bernard Hopkins is coming to a close. Or perhaps it isn't
By Chris Mannix
No driver is dominating the Cup series now for one very simple reason: Everybody is already focused on the Chase
Nine For IX
TITLE IX'S IMPACT HAS REACHED WELL BEYOND THE PLAYING FIELD, FOREVER CHANGING THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN SOCIETY. AS THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAW APPROACHES, SI EXAMINES NINE STORIES THAT REFLECT THE SPIRIT OF IX
The Atlanta Games inspired women's professional leagues in three sports
How the law has evolved through 40 years of legal challenges
By Sarah Kwak
In 1976, 19 Yale rowers bared it all for equality
Maria Pepe's persistence opened up Little League fields far beyond Hoboken, N.J.
Born the same year as Title IX, these three Olympians are deepening its impact
By Phil Taylor
The legislation's staying power is the direct result of an attempt to dismantle it
The Battle of the Sexes resonated far beyond tennis
Women were intramural afterthoughts until the AIAW was formed in 1971
A girl's best friend in the fight for playing time was often her dad
Given one of the first scholarships, in swimming, Sharon Berg made it count
By Nancy Ramsey
POINT AFTER
By Phil Taylor
Departments
Some big names have been felled by injury, but U.S. hoops remains the London favorite
By Ian Thomsen
A pitch-perfect look at the knuckler highlights the Tribeca Film Festival's sports-movie lineup
An MLB exec logs miles for the workers who built his stadium
By Ben Reiter
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick
By Dan Patrick