The aptly named USC Trojan’s Memorial Coliseum boasts an Olympic torch atop an open colonnade.
Pollice Verso, or "with a turned thumb," is a painting by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme, featuring the infamous gesture given to victorious gladiators. This image inspired Ridley Scott's 2000 film, Gladiator.
A statue of the Greek goddess Aretê in modern-day Turkey represents “greatness of any kind,” which many believe is the ideal of college sports.
The lead plaintiff in O’Bannon v. NCAA, Ed O’Bannon, is spearheading the present antitrust class action lawsuit against the NCAA.
Pierre de Coubertin, an intellectual and politician, developed the idea of “amateur” sports.
Commenting on the game’s violent nature, linebacker Takeo Spikes directly likened football players to “modern-day gladiators.”
The fragmentary relief of a Roman gladiatorial scene from late first century BCE, from VRoma Archives.
This statue on University of Cincinnati’s campus commemorates college and NBA basketball player, Oscar Robertson, now an advocate of student-athlete rights.
Basketball star Andrew Wiggins entered into the NBA in 2014 after one year of playing college ball.
Ohio State’s football program is celebrating its 125th year. The graduation rate of black male athletes at OSU is among the lowest in the six major Division I athletic conferences.
Ohio State’s “horseshoe” stadium is built in the style of Roman amphitheaters.
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