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Canzano: Where are the women? Oregon sports entities have some explaining to do

We have a problem that needs to be addressed. One that has been going on for the last 13 summers, and likely much longer. One I'd like very much to rectify.

Every summer I compile the list of the 25 Most Influential People in Oregon sports. I've been publishing the list since 2004. The glaring problem again this year?

If my list were a movie, it would be titled, "Sausage Party 13."

Only two of the Top 25 individuals this year are women. One of those, Olympic heptathlon bronze medalist Brianne Theisen-Eaton at No.