Nine for IX

Season 1 Episode 5: Swoopes

Jul 30, 2013 NR 52m 6.5

Suffering from scoliosis as a teenager, Audrey Mestre found freedom in the ocean. Years later, she discovered another reason to love the water: the elusive, often raucous free diver Pipin Ferreras. As Mestre follows Ferreras's almost...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Venus vs.

1. Venus vs.

Aired: Jul 2, 2013

In 2005, Venus Williams joined Billy Jean King, Maria Sharapova, Chris Evert ...

Episode 2 Pat XO

2. Pat XO

Aired: Jul 9, 2013

On April 18, 2012, Pat Summitt, college basketball's winning-est coach, stunn...

Episode 3 Let Them Wear Towels

3. Let Them Wear Towels

Aired: Jul 16, 2013

During the 1977 World Series, Sports Illustrated reporter Melissa Ludtke was ...

Episode 4 No Limits

4. No Limits

Aired: Jul 23, 2013

Suffering from scoliosis as a teenager, Audrey Mestre found freedom in the oc...

Episode 5 Swoopes

5. Swoopes

Aired: Jul 30, 2013

Suffering from scoliosis as a teenager, Audrey Mestre found freedom in the oc...

Episode 6 The Diplomat

6. The Diplomat

Aired: Aug 6, 2013

At the height of the Cold War, Katarina Witt became one of East Germany's mos...

Episode 7 Runner

7. Runner

Aired: Aug 13, 2013

Mary Decker obliterated opponents and records with blazing speed and a starvi...

Episode 8 The '99ers

8. The '99ers

Aired: Aug 20, 2013

The world of women's sports was kicked upside down on July 10, 1999. Before a...

Episode 9 Branded

9. Branded

Aired: Aug 27, 2013

Sports is supposed to be the ultimate level playing field, but in the media a...


Info about Nine for IX

Current Status: Ended

Network: ESPN

Genres: Sport, Documentary