Sports Illustrated - USA (2022-06)

39 JUNE 2022 For one decade, women’s college sports were governed by women. Then schools had to choose: THE AIAW OR THE NCAA BY ...

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 40 buttons—we’re going to be number one we try harder—to fund their trip to the tourney. A few weeks before t ...

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SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 42 football has a tradition that goes back 100 years and has evolved into a sport that has great spectator ap ...

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SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 44 The AIAW had a deal to televise its champi- onship with NBC—until the network switched sides. On March 28, ...

TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT Janice Lawrence led the Lady Techsters in scoring during the first NCAA women’s basketball tournament in 1982 ...

TORCH CARRIER TI TL E^ WHERE WE’VE BEEN WHERE WE ARE WHERE WE’RE HEADING BY JAMIE LISANTI Motivated by former generations and bo ...

S ALLYSON FELIX TRACK AND FIELD A five-time Olympian and the most decorated U.S. track and field athlete in history, Felix is al ...

KIM WOOZY DIRECTOR, SKATE LIKE A GIRL A leader in the mission to advance women’s equality in action sports, Woozy helped advocat ...

49 JUNE 2022 BL AKE BOLDEN SCOUT, LOS ANGELES KINGS Bolden became the first Black woman to play professional hockey, in 2015, an ...

SEDONA PRINCE OREGON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The 6' 7 " forward is internet famous for her viral TikTok video at the 2021 NCAA tourna ...

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OLIVIA MOULTRIE PORTLAND THORNS FC After winning a lawsuit disputing the NWSL’s age rule, the 15-year-old phenom became the leag ...

53 JUNE 2022 CLARISSA CHUN IOWA WOMEN’S WRESTLING COACH In 1998, Hawai‘i created the nation’s first girls wrestling high school ...

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 54 IFEOMA ONUMONU NJ/NY GOTHAM FC Entering her sixth pro season, the 28-year-old forward is cofounder of the ...

CANDACE PARKER CHICAGO SKY A two-time WNBA champ, the first woman featured on the NBA2K cover and a college basketball and NBA s ...

WHERE WE’VE BEEN A half century ago, the passing of Title IX helped women take their first strides toward leveling the playing f ...

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SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 58 SPORTS MERCHANDISE When Sky shooting guard Kahleah Copper dropped 22 points in Game 3 of the 2021 WNBA Fin ...