Title IX

32 female athletes file lawsuit against Oregon citing Title IX violations

A group comprised of 26 beach volleyball players and six rowers filed the lawsuit saying they were "deprived of equal…

5 months ago

The 1976 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team Forever Changed Sports

The team’s success came at a critical time, just four years after the passage of Title IX and amid the…

9 months ago

‘Compete and win’: Former Northwestern women’s sports figures discuss the early years of Title IX

Drysdale, the legendary coach whose name adorns NU’s softball field, was part of the first generation of women coaching women’s…

2 years ago

Female athletes get fewer full-ride scholarships, absorb more student debt, than males

Despite Title IX's athletic scholarship equity requirement, many top colleges fail to comply and instead give female athletes less than…

2 years ago

Opinion: Women athletes’ lives are now going to be vastly more complicated

Women athletes, more so than almost anyone else, are defined by bodily autonomy and choice, writes Amy Bass. So it's…

2 years ago

Title IX Helped Forge a U.S. Soccer Legacy That Continues Today

This week, Sportico_ is commemorating the 50th anniversary of Title IX with columns from top women’s sports leaders.

2 years ago

Most Americans support gender equity in sports scholarships, poll finds

there is broad support for its mandate as it relates to gender equity in sports, with 85 percent saying they…

2 years ago

Title IX’s greatest achievement wasn’t equality. It was possibility.

It’s the tremendous sense of movement created by Title IX over the past 50 years that matters.

2 years ago

How Title IX Influenced My Journey—And Changed the Landscape of Sports

The Big East commissioner—who played hoops at Virginia and later was the WNBA’s first president—has seen the impact of the…

2 years ago

Lusia Harris Is the Nearly-Forgotten ‘Queen of Basketball’ and Title IX Pioneer

Although she was a key trailblazer in the sport and a dominant force in the women’s game, she was relatively…

2 years ago