For many sports fans around the world, the spectator experience is an added perk to enjoy the players and teams they love. It may even be why one turns on Tennis Channel and re-watches the highlights like Federer vs Nadal in the 2008 Wimbledon final, or the angry meltdown of Serena Williams in her 2018 U.S. Open Final against Naomi Osaka. However, Katie Fullerton SC ’28 argues that for many tennis fans, watching the sport is more stressful than playing it.
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OPINION: More than a body: Challenging the dehumanization of Black women in sports
In the era of hyperfixation on gender in sports, black women are bearing the brunt of analysis and scorn. Naomi Locala PO ’25 analyzes the continued project of dehumanization of black female athletes through Imane Khelif, a boxer with Differences in Sexual Development (SDS) whose genetic information was leaked and resulted in attacks from voices that work to devalue Black female athletes’ success.