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Girls are reaching new heights in basketball, but huge pay gaps await them as professionals

  • Written by Corinne M. Daprano, Associate Professor of Health & Sport Science; Interim Dean of the School of Education and Health Sciences, University of Dayton
Gigi Bryant, looking up to her dad on the court in 2016Elsa/Getty Images

Women have made great strides in the world of sports over the past 50 years.

Especially in some individual sports, female champion athletes today earn far more money and command a much bigger audience than their predecessors – thanks to breakthroughs by tennis champions...

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