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When filmmaker and author Molly Schiot typed women and sports into Amazon?last year, the first three results were a Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit Edition anthology and two academic books about the limitations of female participation in organized athletics.Schiot was disappointed (but not surprised) by the dearth of books about the lives and careers of female athletes. So she decided to change the results.Now Game Changers: The Unsung Heroines of Sports History, Schiots new best-selling book about the women and girls who have changed the male-dominated face of sports, is doing just that.Based on her wildly popular Instagram account @TheUnsungHeroines, Game Changers (released in October) features pictures and stories of female athletes from around the world, as well as referees, journalists and the people who spearheaded Title IX.The authors first book is a thoughtful, exhaustively researched and long-overdue tribute to the women who have paved the way for the likes of Serena Williams, Abby Wambach, Simone Biles and more.Schiot spoke with espnW about the inspiration behind the release, the importance of sharing diverse stories and how social media helped her change the face of sports.espnW: How did you go about developing the @TheUnsungHeroines Instagram account? Molly Schiot: I was doing some research in hopes of pitching a few ideas about female athletes to a sports network. I wanted them to be part of a documentary series. I started gathering these stories and pitching them, and none of them really got off the ground. I got really frustrated ... and I kept finding story after story, [but there was] no public space for these women to be seen. Then I was like, No one is going to green light these ideas; I might as well just figure it out myself. So I started the IG account to give these stories a platform.espnW: At what point did you decide to translate the account into a book? MS: I had done maybe about 100 posts and then, just through a couple different connections, I got in touch with this really radical woman named Erin Hosier, who works at the Dunow, Carlson & Lerner literary agency. So she and I put together a pitch for the book, and the one thing that wed say to each other all the time is, Seriously how has this book not been made before?espnW: Many of the women in this book were big stars in their era but arent household names now. Why have so many of their legacies been lost over time? MS: Thats the sort of thing where I want to walk out my front door and just stick my middle fingers up into the air and say, Hey everyone, these stories have always been there, but nobodys telling them! There is nobody that is approving or writing these stories or nobody in positions of power whos saying, Hey, we really need to tell this story. You can say how have we never heard these womens names before, but why would we? You see documentary stories about male athletes [all the time], and everyone knows the intricacies of every mens sports team out there. People know those stories because theyre being told.espnW: The book also touches on gender and race discrimination, transmisogyny, homophobia, domestic violence and the financial hardships these?female athletes faced. How much of that was an intentional part of making the publication diverse? MS: It was definitely really important and, lets face it, a lot of times the most interesting stories are the ones that are of adversity, struggle and oppression. So I think it was pretty easy for me because I didnt want a book that was just about stats.I wanted something inspiring -- whether it was [Japanese mountaineer] Junko Tabei, who became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest in [1975], or [Mexican hurdler Enriqueta Basilio], who in 1968 became the first woman in history to light the Olympic torch. Theres also the [African-American] women from Wake-Robin Golf Club in Washington, D.C. -- they actually had to build their golf course on a trash dump [in 1939].I honestly feel like you could take any of these stories and turn them into a film, and it would have all of the components of a really incredible movie.espnW: Do you think the world is evolving? Are women in sports going to be more celebrated and valued?MS: I definitely think that its changing. There have been really inspiring women that have started to make their mark in social media. Theres this Instagram account called ShePlaysWeWin, and its this photographer named Christin Rose and she has kind of dedicated her Instagram account and her photography to celebrating young girls confidence through sports.Theres another IG account:?Girl IsNota4LetterWord thats run by this pro skater named Cindy Whitehead, and she is a huge advocate for young girls that want to be skateboarders. And she sponsors them and just gives them a platform where they feel really special.I think that thats really important. Because when I grew up I feel like I had no role models that were women. I wanted to be like Tom Cruise in Top Gun or Sylvester Stallone in Rocky or Daniel (Ralph Macchio) from The Karate Kid. You think about 80s movies, and theres no women in places of power. Now girls can have their own role models.espnW: Lastly, tell me about the cover of Game Changers, which features a photograph of American sprinter Wilma Rudolph. Why her?MS: When I was doing this book I came across a Jezebel article about Marley Dias, the 11-year-old from Jersey that started the #1000BlackGirlBooks movement. It was so interesting [to me] because my foreword is so much about how I had no role models and that all of my role models were men, and her interview was about the fact that she was always so frustrated because she was tired of seeing books about white boys and their dogs. 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The result: Another lopsided win to open the season.Keyshawn Woods scored 22 points with five of Wake Forests 13 3-pointers in a 94-74 win over Bucknell on Sunday.John Collins added 19 points and Mitchell Wilbekin had 13 to help the Demon Deacons (2-0) sweep a short, season-opening homestand, with this win coming less than 48 hours after a 21-point rout of Radford.Dinos Mitoglou finished with 11 points and Austin Arians had 10 for Wake Forest, which shot 50 percent both from the field and behind the arc, while matching a high for 3-pointers under third-year coach Danny Manning. The Demon Deacons also made 13 in a loss at Virginia Tech last January .Youre not going to shoot 50 percent from the 3-point line on a regular basis, Manning said. Were going to have to make shots throughout the course of the year to have success.Another stat may have thrilled him even more: Wake Forests four guards -- Bryant Crawford, Brandon Childress, Woods and Wilbekin -- combined for 16 assists and no turnovers. Eight of those assists belonged to Crawford.Ill take that every game, Manning said.Zach Thomas scored 16 points and Kimbal Mackenzie finished with 15 for the Bison (1-1), who shot 45 percent and clawed back into the game by turning 15 offensive rebounds into 22 second-chance points.Manning has said this is the best outside shooting team hes had in Winston-Salem, and it was hard to argue against that while the Demon Deacons made seven of their first nine 3-pointers to put Bucknell in an early hole.After the Bison pulled within single digits for the final time early in the second half, Wake Forest hit three more 3s in the span of four possessions -- including a four-point play by Arians -- to build a comfortable lead it wouldnt give back.ddddddddddddEvery time we made a mistake, and sometimes when we didnt, they made it, Bucknell coach Nathan Davis said.BIG PICTUREBucknell: Though they still havent beaten a team in the Atlantic Coast Conference at the time since 1961, the Bison showed signs that they will be a factor in the Patriot League race with a knack for getting to loose balls and turning them into buckets. But fouls were a problem for the Bison, who had two players pick up their fourth fouls in the first half. Davis said his team showed a lot of character in clawing back from 16 points down and had a chance to make it interesting.Wake Forest: The Demon Deacons took care of business this weekend with those two easy wins to get them prepared for even bigger challenges at the Charleston Classic -- where well surely learn more about what this teams ceiling ultimately is. Defending national champion Villanova likely awaits in a later round.STAT SHEETWake Forest was 23 of 29 from the free-throw line while Bucknell was just 5 of 9.TIP-INSBucknell fell to 11-52 against current ACC members with nine of those wins coming against Pittsburgh -- all before the Panthers joined their new league. ... This was just the seventh time under Manning that Wake Forest reached double figures in 3-pointers.UP NEXTBucknell: The Bison return home to face Robert Morris on Wednesday night before beginning play in the Las Vegas Invitational.Wake Forest: The Demon Deacons head to Charleston, South Carolina, for three games in the Charleston Classic, starting with a matcv