LaVoi blog entry on SI cover image of skier Vonn catching air
February 8, 2010

Nicole LaVoi, Tucker Center Associate Director and Lecturer in the School of Kinesiology, wrote a blog entry on February 2 entitled "Vonn Watch: Sports Illustrated Cover is Predictable" in order to stimulate dialogue on Sports Illustrated's choice of cover image for Lindsey Vonn, US Olympic skier. And LaVoi has succeeded in generating dialogue, monologue and just plain flame, garnering large numbers of hits--40,000 on the site and thousands more on sites citing and critiquing the post--as well as mention in USA Today, Yahoo Sports, Technorati, CoCo Perez and other outlets in the news media and blogosphere.

National Girls and Women in Sports Day is Today!
February 3, 2010

The Tucker Center is proud to celebrate the 24th Annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD). NGWSD is the premiere occasion to celebrate the participation, success, and accomplishments of girls and women athletes - and members of the Tucker Center's team participated in several statewide events in honor of female athletes everywhere.

LaVoi to give parents clinic
January 28, 2010

Nicole LaVoi, Tucker Center Associate Director and Lecturer in the School of Kinesiology, will be giving a parents clinic on Thursday, February 4, in conjunction with the National Girls and Women in Sport Day (NGWSD) kids clinic event at the U of M, titled "Youth Sports: Making the Most of Your Kids Opportunity to Learn and Enjoy." The clinic will be held from 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., just prior to the U of M women's basketball game against the Badgers.

Tucker Center's LaVoi presents at St Cloud lecture series
January 28, 2010

On February 3, Nicole LaVoi, Tucker Center Associate Director and Co-Director of the Minnesota Youth Sport Research Consortium, will present "Stay Strong, Play On" as part of the St. Cloud State Women's Center's Women on Wednesdays (WOW) lecture series. The presentation explores issues regarding women's and girls' participation in sports and how that participation has impacted them and society as a whole.

Norris co-authors book chapter
January 26, 2010

Alyssa Norris, Program Associate in the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport and a first-year M.A. student in the School of Kinesiology, co-authored a chapter in the recently published Handbook of Prejudice, titled, "Sexism and heterosexism." The book provides a comprehensive review of current conceptions of prejudice within a variety of academic disciplines and institutions.

Wiese-Bjornstal's Tucker Center Research Report article reprinted
January 26, 2010

Chapter 2 of the 2007 Tucker Center Research Report, Developing Physically Active Girls: An Evidence-based Multidisciplinary Approach, written by Tucker Center Affiliated Scholar Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, has been reprinted in an edited anthology of writings on girls and women in sport:

Wiese-Bjornstal, D.M. (2009). Psychological dimensions of girls' physical activity participation. In S. Guthrie, M. Magyar, A. Wrynn, & A.F. Maliszewski (Eds.), Women, sport and physical activity: Challenges and triumphs. (2nd ed., pp. 199-216). Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt.