
LINEUP
THE LEGACY OF TITLE IX
P. 44
Forty years of seismic change in women's sports in America
49 POWER OF PLAY
How athletic participation brought dreams to life
By Kelli Anderson
52 1996 OLYMPICS
The Games inspired three women's pro leagues
By Kelli Anderson
53 CHRIS ERNST
The Yale rower bared it all for equality
By Michael Bamberger
54 MARIA PEPE
Her tenacity opened up Little League to everyone
By Melissa Segura
58 TITLE IX BABIES
Three women aided by the law are now boosting it
By Phil Taylor
59 POLITICAL FOOTBALL
Title IX has endured because of a bid to end it
By Alexander Wolff
60 BILLIE JEAN KING
Her battle with Bobby Riggs went beyond tennis
By L. Jon Wertheim
64 THE AIAW
Women were intramural afterthoughts until 1971
By George Dohrmann
65 TITLE IX DADS
They were their daughters' allies in the fight to play
By Alexander Wolff
66 SHARON BERG
The swimmer made the most of her landmark scholarship
By Nancy Ramsey
DEPARTMENTS
4 SI Digital
6 Leading Off
12 The Mail
15 Scorecard
The NBA at 66: just right
22 Faces in the Crowd
24 Just My Type
The power of Josh Hamilton
BY DAN PATRICK
26 Inside...
NFL
NBA
MLB
College Sports
NHL
Boxing
NASCAR
68 Point After
What an amateur
BY PHIL TAYLOR
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HOOP AND CHANGE Title IX radically altered the sports landscape. Because of its impact, the players on the Cross Creek High girls' basketball team in Augusta, Ga., can dream of playing college and pro ball.
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