Sports

Starting on the first day of classes, we published 628 sports stories, 289 more than the fall. This included 110 features, 150 write-ups and 368 game coverages, 10 fewer, 4 fewer, and 303 more, respectively, than the fall. The Sports staff analyzed 398 of these stories (63.4% of the total coverage), 136 (34.2%) of which were features. Of the 136 features, 30 focus on a topic relevant to marginalized communities (22.1% of the feature stories analyzed). Of the 398 stories, 47% pertained to mens sports (19% less than the fall), 44% women pertained to womens sports (10% more than the fall) and 9% pertained to neither or both (9% more than the fall).

Sources:

Total sources directly interviewed in 398 stories: 386

26.7% identified as people of color 73.3% identified as white 27.7% identified as female 72.3% identified as male

Category Spring ‘21 Fall ‘20 Change

Activism Baseball* Basketball (men’s) Basketball (women’s) Club COVID-19* Cross country Disabilities Esports Field hockey Football High school sports Ice hockey (women’s) Lacrosse (men’s) Lacrosse (women’s)* LGBTQ Marching band Otto’s Army Race Racing ROTC Rowing Soccer (men’s) Soccer (women’s) Softball Sports business SU Athletics Syracuse Mets* Tennis* The Basketball Tournament Track and field* Volleyball 2 3 decrease of 1

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