NEW YORK (AP) — New York Liberty owner Clara Wu Tsai has a vested interest in getting the most out of female athletes. What she found when she took over the team in 2019 was a major gap in data and training compared to what’s available for men. She jump-started efforts to change that by funding the Human Performance Alliance five years ago, and halfway through the 10-year project, she sees a bright future. “Most of the sport science research has been on male subjects and findings applied to women,” Wu Tsai said in a phone interview. “More girls are playing sports and those female athletes do deserve the same scientific understanding that has been...
