Last night, ESPN opened its coverage of women's college basketball with the Rutgers team in the primetime slot. Within a month's time, Rutgers, which entered the season ranked number three in the AP poll, will make four appearances on the premiere sports network. Primetime television coverage of women's sports wouldn't exist but for a dramatic change in public attitude toward female athletes brought about by a law that doesn't even mention the word sports.

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