mcfadden. >> good evening. tonight, women and sports. women in football to be precise. not watching it but playing it. and while some athletes are known for leaving it all on the field, these women leave a lot of it off. including most of the protective gear the guys wear. is it sexy, is it safe? are they making strides for womankind or taking us backwards? abc's juju chang takes a close look. ♪ >> they're toned and just as tough as the guys. now, these aren't proathletes, they're the girls next door. some even moms. >> i feel real good. i feel like we have the momentum. >> it's halftime in a football locker room. >> sit down and shut the [ bleep ] up. >> even though they're ahead, their coach is not pleased. >> [ bleep ]! >> after 18 years of coaching men, coach hatfield's biggest

compliment to pay to the ladies is to treat them like the guys. >> the worst defense in the world just [ bleep ] you. you're much better than this. >> welcome to the big leagues. the legends football leagues where ladies dress in nothing but a bra and bootie shorts, play football. ground stomping, body bruising football. the chicago blitz is one of the fastest growing sports franchises. but they have a chorus of critics who accuse them of objectifying women to sell tickets. so is the sport super sexiy or just plain sexist. most sports don't include manicures. >> what do you say to people who say you're exploiting skin? >> i get why people say that, but we're serious. >> yashi rice plays defensive tackle. none of the players get paid so her day job -- selling life

insurance. her brother symmiimeon rice pla 12 years and even won a super bowl. ally alberts is a dentist. you're putting yourself at great physical risk and harm. and you have already suffered concussions. and yet, you're not compensated at all? >> right. i'm most concerned about my right hand. if i break a finger i can't do any den tristy. >> this one shrugs her off the risk. as a single mom, she wants her son jackson to see her as tough. what kind of message are you sending your son by playing football? >> don't be afraid of anything. he always asks why, why not? i love sports, i love being part of a team. >> it's 8:00 a.m. on a saturday morning.

gameday. coffee. i joined the ladies of the chicago blitz on a road trip to do battle with the green bay chill. >> hey, now. the scream -- >> they have a marathon ride ahead of them. they're mapping out the game strategy. it's hard to focus. >> welcome to the gun show. >> this bus feels like a super charged sorority house. >> a little much for me. >> after years of playing in lingerie, it's clear they're comfortable in their open skin. wardrobe malfunctions and all. >> i definitely have my top pulled open. >> yeah. >> after i score, after i scored -- you know? i just gave -- i'm like, did you like that? do you want to watch some game film? so chill.

>> 3 1/2 hours. >> hey. >> the bus finally arrives in green bay. and i've become their mascot. >> very nice, i like that. >> and now, it's time to get suited up and dolled up. >> looks good. >> the locker room quickly turns into a beauty salon. >> one girl does my makeup and one the eyelashes. >> put socks in here. >> and minutes before game time, emotions run high. >> this is the team i picked to go to war with. let's do it for us, for our fans. >> as the teams face off, it appears to be more performance an play. >> and we are back for this monster midwestern match-up. >> the chicago blitz start off strong. but the rough and tumble of the game is not for the faint of heart. during her first outing, ally the dentist got knocked out cold. >> bam!

is a her know destroyed alberts. >> you spend hundreds of thousands of dollars training your brain and then you go and get your brain scrambled. >> that was the main argument my family had. something you work your whole life before, why do you do this? i can't not do it. i love it. >> -- in the corner of the end zone. >> although the league requires that the women have insurance, the league doesn't pay for it. they're playing on a field half the size of the nfl, but the fear of concussions is ever present. especially since they're wearing almost no padding and tackling with helmets. are you concerned they don't have enough helmet protection? >> there a's reason why the nhl has far less sustained concussions because once you put them in the football helmet about times it's -- oftentimes

it's used as a weapon. these women are smart. if they felt they're not protected out here they wouldn't come back. >> commissioner mitch mortaza says they do it all for the love of the game. but he makes no apologies for the business model. that sex sells. >> we just happen to have an entire league of tom bradys and david beckhams and maria sharapovas. we're up-front and honest about it and to a degree that's definitely helped in the marketing of the sport. >> observing over the middle -- >> in the second half of the game, the green bay chills mount a come back. >> are you kidding me? are you kidding me? >> but in the end the chicago blitz prevail. 27-18. victory is sweet. >> we have successful women on our team. we have mothers on our team. and we're not just football players, we're so much more. >> with their skimpy outfits and trash talking ways, these

athletes may be the unlikely vanguard for the new feminine mystique. >> next week, l.a. >> l.a.! >> for "nightline" i'm juju chang in green bay, wisconsin. >> well, the blitz went on to win the championship in las vegas. so, what do you think? is lingerie football sexy or sexist? tweet us at "nightline." next, why did this rap star report himself to the police? stay up and stay with us for the answer. [ male announcer ] here's a word you should keep in mind. unbiased. some brokerage firms are. but way too many aren't. why? because selling their funds makes them more money. which makes you wonder -- isn't that a conflict? search "proprietary mutual funds." yikes! then go to e-trade. we've got over 8,000 mutual funds, and not one of them has our name on it. we're in the business of finding the right investments for you.

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he was on the verge of making it big in the music business and he seemed to have it all. to everyone else, the rapper known as g. dep had a bright future. but he was haunted by his past, hiding a terrible secret his conscience just wouldn't let him forget. so he made an incredible decision to take justice into his own hands. here's abc's deborah roberts for our series "crime and punishment." ♪ >> this is a tale of music. murder. and redemption. if you had it to do over again, knowing you'd go to jail for a long time, would you still confess? >> i would do it again. you know what i mean, because -- i don't there was no other way around it except me dying.

>> his name is g. dep, short for ghetto dependent. sean combs even teamed up with him in his video. he paid a great debt for committing a crime, betrayed by the last person nip would have suspected -- himself. >> it was the only way i could have been absolved, you know, personal sacrifice. >> how he got there is a story in itself. g. dep dropped out of college at 18 in search of a music career. he paid for recording sessions by selling cocaine on the streets of harlem, new york. he dabbled in drugs. in the fall of 1993, a month before his 19th birthday, he mugged a stranger with a gun. >> standing under the scaffolding on park avenue, 114th street. i was riding my bike. i said, give me the money, man. the guy grabbed the gun, you know, i pulled the gun back.

and that's when i fired. >> how many times did you fire? >> three times. >> he fled on his bike. as he left home the next morning, police were canvassing the neighborhood. >> they said do you know anything about a shooting that occurred yesterday? i said no. that made me think he didn't pass away. >> a week later he got rid of the gun. >> i went to the east river and threw it away. >> that was the end of that? >> yeah. ♪ >> coleman stayed quiet about the harlem shooting. throwing himself into his music. then five years later, he caught the eye of sean combs. how much were they going to pay you? >> well, the record deal was for $350,000. you know? it was definitely, you know, more money than i have ever seen. >> he had a daughter with a girlfriend. that relationship ended. then he met crystal sutton at a club, they married in 2004 and had twin boys, now 9.

>> he has such a great heart. he's always so forgiving and caring. >> he had fame, fortune and now a family. and the stain on his past. how much did it eat at you? >> it seemed like it wasn't fair for me to, you know, be happy. you know what i'm saying? i used to curb my happiness. you know? like just -- now, wait a minute, i'm smiling and laughing too much. >> he remained haunted by his secret, that shooting in harlem. what ever happened to that man? was he dead? >> i thought about whether or not he had children because of being a father. here i am trying to be a father. >> did anybody know that you were hiding from this demon? this thing in your past? >> i feel like i couldn't really tell anybody because i didn't want them to be involved. >> burdened by an unbearable secret, g. dep's music suffered and combs dropped him from the

label. >> it was probably the drugs. i was knee deep in trying to medicate myself. everything was boiling down. >> the guilt? >> yeah. >> to that. >> in late 2010, coleman couldn't bear it anymore. he confessed to a police officer he had shot a man 17 years before. the police did nothing. maybe he thought that you were just faking this. >> yeah. >> incredibly, coleman later went back to police to confess again. what led you to walk into that police station? >> i think i was at a point where it was like enough is enough. >> but nobody else knew about it? you could have just kept quiet and dealt with it on your open. >> dealing with it was killing me. >> coleman's memory of the incident was vague. >> i didn't realize it was hitting him or anything, because i didn't -- i didn't see anything, you know? i just fired. >> but police soon found the cold case of john henkel shot in 2003 at park avenue and 114th street. >> and then after a while, you

know, after i told them what happened, you know, he said -- i wanted to let you know that the guy died. >> suddenly, you're charged in a murder. did you start to have second thoughts? >> no. >> trevell coleman had charged himself with murder. >> you have to concede that that man probably lived in a jail in his head for 18 years. >> editor-in-chief of "gq" magazine he was the jury foreman. >> he didn't need to come forward but did. he needed to come forward for his conscience. but we were wrestling with it as jurors because this man has gone through hell. and he's done something noble. >> but he did kill someone. >> i completely understand that for the people who knew john henkel it's a different story. >> the jury found coleman guilty of second degree murder. on may 8, 2012, he was sentenced

to 15 years to life in prison. >> the case of trevell coleman has haunted me. >> when your twin sons said shortly after you were arrested, he said i'll take money from someone and if i get arrested i can go to jail and be with daddy. that must have broken your heart. >> yeah. >> so they understand that that dad chose to turn himself in? >> yes. they're proud of him. i have one really tough one and then one that, yeah, he'll cry. >> coleman had separated from his wife in 2008, but crystal says she's standing by him. >> he said to me that in some ways he feels freer now, even though he is locked up. >> it's a different trevell to me, not on drugs. he feels freer and that you can tell when talking to him. >> do you think he made the right decision? >> whatever decision trevell chooses to make and i have to stand by him. >> there are relatives of this

victim who can't believe that you confessed. some even said he's an idiot, he should have shut up about it, and now we're dredging this up all these years later. >> the burden was lifted that's what i needed to do. >> in prison g. dep is still rapping. >> the only thing i want to talk about is walking out only because everybody else is talking about it. i tell them realistically i doubt it. 15 years is a long time when i've got to be strong, i did the crime. said the system is insanity, i hope god forgives my calamity. >> for "nightline" i'm deborah roberts in new york. >> our thanks to deborah roberts for that incredible story. next, grand theft auto 5 is causing controversy and making loads of money. [ male announcer ] making a dodge in 100 easy steps. step 1 -- study the competition. step 2 -- get angry. they're boring. 3 -- make a car from scratch the dodge way. steps 4 through 28 -- recall 100 years of know-how.

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factor is tremendously high. >> miley's dad last night on "piers morgan live" says the 20-year-old's controversial vma performance was all part of the plan. >> you can either love it or hate it. that's everyone's right to do so because it's art. >> mtv premieres "miley the movement" october 2nd. >> miley is a very, very smart young lady, and reinvention is tough. it's that intangible. you efind it or you don't. >> meanwhile, "people" magazine reports that miley is shocked that her ex-fiance liam hemsworth has moved on so fast with this woman. ♪ither that's mexican singer and actress eiza gonzalez who just made her first public appearance since being linked with liam. eiza who lent her voice to the spanish version of "the crudes" was at a press conference in mexico city yesterday prom the movie's dvd release. the star laughed off questions about her