TODAY IS: National Girls and Women in Sports Day, observed on the anniversary of the passage of Title IX, in 1972, which guaranteed equal federal funding for both boys and girls school sports programs. It was only 4 years later, in 1976, that Tatum O'Neal proved how tough girls could be on the playing field, in THE BAD NEWS BEARS -- she plays a hot-shot pitcher who, along with cranky coach Walter Matthau, bring new team spirit to a ragtag bunch of Little Leaguers. [today's movie at IMDb]

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