Abstract
The study sought to identify and analyse the content related to sports and coaches in the print media. The analysis material was composed of 41 sports columns, published by large national newspaper for a month. The data were analysed by content analysis. It was found that the predominant theme was the male football big clubs and that 24 of the 41 speakers presented content on coaches. It was found that the speeches had an evaluative content of the work of coaches, contributing to the formation of opinion about the competence or incompetence of professionals and to build a representation of them to the public.
KEYWORDS
Media; Physical education and training; Sports; Newspaper article