Title IX

San Diego State athletes band together in Title IX fight: ‘If women want equality, they have to sue’

Title IX has dramatically reshaped college sports, but a shocking number of schools remain out of compliance. Athletes are turning…

3 years ago

U.S. Olympic teams now carried by women in medal count in lasting Title IX impact

In the 50 years since Title IX, women went from a fraction of the Olympic medal events of men to…

3 years ago

50 Years of Title IX: The Defining Moments of Women’s Sports

From the bill’s inception to the U.S. women’s national team’s equal pay settlement, a timeline of the growth (and the…

3 years ago

These Women Are Setting a New Standard for College Athletes

For the generation that grew up after Title IX was long-established, the goal is not to simply participate in sports—it’s…

3 years ago

Title IX was intended to close the gender gap in college athletics. But schools are rigging the numbers.

Universities across the U.S. collectively conjured the illusion of thousands more female athletic opportunities by abusing federal reporting rules.

3 years ago

50 Years of Title IX: How One Law Changed Women’s Sports Forever

In 1972, no one dreamed a dry, 37-word clause tucked inside a new education legislation would reshape women’s sports forever.…

3 years ago

Billie Jean King: ‘As an athletic,’ winning Battle of the Sexes ‘meant nothing.’ Culturally, ‘it meant everything.’

Ahead of the 50th anniversary of Title IX, tennis star and activist Billie Jean King joins Andrea Mitchell to talk…

3 years ago

50 years after Title IX, spending on women’s college sports still falls short

From coaches' salaries to overall expenditures, money for women's sports typically lags behind men's sports at colleges throughout Maine and…

3 years ago

South Carolina State women’s basketball coach Audra Smith fired day after filing suit

South Carolina State women's basketball coach Audra Smith was fired Thursday, a day after she sued the school in federal…

4 years ago