Nicole M. LaVoi, PhD, director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport and senior lecturer in the School of Kinesiology, and Anna Goorevich, MS, a research assistant in the Tucker Center, were both recently interviewed for a USA Today article entitled, “Merritt Paulson’s power lies with Portland Timbers, Thorns. Now, he’s being pressured to sell.” LaVoi commented on the recent increase in popularity of women’s sports.

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