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Sports fields are constructed with many lines — lines in which certain rules are enforced. However, sports also create metaphorical lines of respect that can disappear in the heat of the game, leading to fouls and red or yellow cards. From athletes who express their frustration with profanity to parents who get involved from the sidelines, we explore how anger, sadness and loss become words that cannot be taken back and actions that cannot be undone, all tied into one phrase: “That was really out of line.”

BY MIKAYLAH DU, KATHRYN FOO, ANNA JEROLIMOV, RIYA MURTHY, KALYANI PUTHENPURAYIL, DAHLIA SCHILLING AND MIRA WAGNER

Exploring the effects of swearing in sports THE

BY KALYANI PUTHENPURAYIL AND MIRA WAGNER