"Plantation"

Politics, protest and play: how the stadium became America’s public square

A new book from Columbia University professor Frank Andre Guridy examines the successful repurposing of the US sports stadium into a hub of American public life

Rich Tenorio

19, Sep, 2024 @8:00 AM

David Wilkie obituary

One of the greatest British swimmers who won gold in the 200m breaststroke at the Montreal Olympics in 1976

Ashley Newman

23, May, 2024 @4:59 PM

Ted Toleman obituary

Businessman, powerboat racer and founder of the Toleman Formula One team

Richard Williams

23, Apr, 2024 @3:32 PM

Steve Garvey is part of a never-ending flow of baseball players turned politicians

From minor leaguers to Hall of Famers, hundreds of former players have sought public office after the end of their sports career

Peter Dreier

27, Mar, 2024 @10:00 AM

Dartmouth’s vote to unionize could help end college sports’ plantation dynamics

If the will is there, so too is the potential for unions to transform working conditions in the multibillion world of college sports

Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva

05, Mar, 2024 @6:39 PM

Bills owner Pegula denies he said Black players ‘should go back to Africa’

The Buffalo Bills owner, Terry Pegula, has denied allegations in a lawsuit that he made racist comments about his own players

Guardian sport

12, Sep, 2023 @5:59 PM

Jerry Jones, Little Rock and the photo the Cowboys owner juked for decades

If one of the NFL’s most powerful men had taken ownership of a controversial image, he really would be a football maverick

Andrew Lawrence

30, Nov, 2022 @9:00 AM

‘We told you so’: For Black athletes racism from college fans is a familiar story

So widespread is racist abuse from the stands that ignoring it is seen as part of a college athlete’s job

Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Derek Silva and Johanna Mellis

06, Oct, 2022 @9:00 AM

NFL season is here but I won’t be following anymore. I can’t un-see the harm it causes

After 20 years as a fan, I can’t justify supporting the ongoing carnage in football. As a sociologist who studies violence, gender and labor in sports, perhaps it was just a matter of time

Daniel Sailofsky

10, Sep, 2022 @8:15 AM

Commonwealth Games must confront the truth about its sportswashing past | Andy Bull

The Games remain an uneasy celebration of ‘common values’ with nations the British empire once exploited

Andy Bull

27, Jul, 2022 @4:30 PM

NFL investigation finds no evidence Browns deliberately lost games

Former head coach Hue Jackson had alleged the team offered bonuses during the 2016 and 2017 seasons when the Browns won just one of their 32 games

Staff and agencies

03, May, 2022 @11:05 AM

‘I’m at a money-hungry school’: Athletes angry as colleges shun chance to pay them

New NCAA rules mean colleges can now pay athletes up to $5,980 per year for getting good grades. But few of them have plans to do so