I have my summer plans for Tuesday nights.

ESPN has dedicated nine straight Tuesday nights to airing documentaries on women’s sports. This version of 30 for 30 has been named Nine for IX, a neat title acknowledging the impact of Title IX.

I was out of town and will need to catch up on the series debut last week; a film about Venus Williams. There’s still eight to go, including the latest tonight.

Pat XO (8 p.m. ET) documents the life of Tennessee coach Pat Summitt. There are the highs of winning eight NCAA titles, and the lows of being diagnosed with early-onset dementia.

These documentaries are about women, but the stories should compel everyone to watch. Make a point of watching these films.

Here’s a link with a complete rundown of the series.

As for tonight’s film on Summitt, which is produced by Robin Roberts, this is the view from directors Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern Winters:

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When we were approached by ESPN and Robin Roberts about making this film, we were both honored and a bit trepidatious. Not only had Pat’s story been told, and told very well, but we didn’t want this film to be a film about Pat’s Alzheimer’s disease.

Pat’s illness carries with it a stigma that presumes one’s ability to contribute — one’s worth — no longer exists. The irony is Pat is working to fight that stigma by helping people understand this disease. And, in many ways, her illness is simply another remarkable chapter in an extraordinary life.

As with all films we do, we seek to find a connection. With “Pat XO,” we didn’t have far to look. As identical twins, we know the strength and influence of family and how one sibling’s memories can fill the void of another’s. As mothers, we see the miracle that is Pat’s relationship with Tyler. It’s what we work for and hope for. And on days when our work creates too much time and distance apart from our kids, we find comfort in knowing Pat always found a way to maintain an impenetrable bond with her son. As All-American collegiate athletes, we know what it is to be part of a sisterhood, a team that shaped who we are. And that continues to make us better people. And as former TV sports producers, we know that, as sports legends go, they don’t get much bigger than Pat Summitt.

But, more than anything, as women who watched our Grandma Goldie lose herself to this terrible disease, we understand — no matter what memories are taken — there’s always a way to connect. We are thrilled to have found our own way to tell the story of a woman whose life so deeply touches our own.