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Abstract
The present content analysis systematically analyzed the frequency and quality of newspaper coverage of race and crime in sports news. A social identity framework, incorporating insights from framing, was applied. It was expected that the features associated with athletes as well as the tone and style of news reports would vary based on the race/ethnicity of the athlete. For African American athletes (and African Americans, generally) these findings are of greatest consequence as they indicate that this group is disproportionately presented (compared with real-world demographics in sports) and characterized in a manner likely to promote unfavorable intergroup outcomes.