ESPN Films - Nine for IX

What most Americans don't know about Venus Williams is how she changed the course of her sport. In a stunning case beginning in 2005, Williams challenged a long-held practice of paying women tennis players less money than their male counterparts.

On April 18, 2012, Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in the history of the NCAA basketball, did the unimaginable and announced her resignation from the University of Tennessee.

Let Them Wear Towels is an intriguing examination of females working in the man's world of the locker room. Through interviews with such pioneer women as Melissa Ludtke, Claire Smith, Lesley Visser and Jane Gross, you'll hear unbelievable stories.

As a teenager, Audrey Mestre suffered from scoliosis, but in those formative years, she discovered a passion for the ocean.

Sheryl Swoopes has famously been labeled as the female Michael Jordan.  Actually, she's far more interesting.

At the height of the Cold War, Katarina Witt became one of East Germany's most famous athletes, and arguably the world's best figure skater. Known as "the most beautiful face of socialism" her success gave her a unique status in East Germany.

Mary Decker obliterated opponents and records with blazing speed and a starving hunger to win. She dominated her sport, holding U.S. records in every distance from 800 to 10,000 meters, and she did it all without the Olympics.

On July 10, 1999, the U.S. Women's soccer team reached a cultural and athletic pinnacle with its penalty-kick shoot-out victory over China to win the Women's World Cup. Through the voice of longtime team captain, Julie Foudy, this film takes an inside look.

Sports is supposed to be the ultimate level playing field, but in the media sometimes looks matter more than accomplishments. This film explores the double standard placed on women athletes to be the best players on the field and the sexiest off them.