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A month after the Minnesota Lynx  brought home the WNBA championship trophy, the University of Minnesota is hosting a national conference on the state of women and sports.  We'll hear from experts in the field on how sports is changing women's lives and practices that continue to hold women back in the field.

: Professor of Health Policy and Health Education at D'Youville College in Buffalo, New York and Director of the Center for Research on Physical Activity, Sport & Health.

: Professor in the School of Kinesiology  and Director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota.

: WNBA and women's college basketball analyst and reporter for ESPN and former star basketball player for the University of Connecticut.

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A month after the Minnesota Lynx  brought home the WNBA championship trophy, the University of Minnesota is hosting a national conference on the state of women and sports.  We'll hear from experts in the field on how sports is changing women's lives and practices that continue to hold women back in the field.


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