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Dave Zirin

Dave Zirin

Sports Editor

Dave Zirin, The Nation’s sports correspondent, is the author, most recently, of Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down. Named one of UTNE Reader’s “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World,” Zirin is a frequent guest on MSNBC, ESPN and Democracy Now! He also hosts his own weekly Sirius XM show, Edge of Sports Radio. His other books include What's My Name Fool? (Haymarket Books), A People's History of Sports in the United States (the New Press), Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love (Scribner) and, with John Wesley Carlos, The John Carlos Story. You can find all his work at www.edgeofsports.com.

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News and Features

What's My Name, Fool? (Sports)

In The Godfather, Part II, dying mob boss Hyman Roth wheezes the
obscene truth to young Don Michael Corleone.

Dave Zirin

Blogs

25 Years Since Al Campanis Shocked Baseball: What's Changed and What Hasn't
The decline of African-American involvement in baseball speaks more to twenty-first-century problems than Campanis-era racism does.
Dave Zirin
Ozzie Guillen, Free Speech and the Case of Loretta Capeheart
Attacks on free speech, no matter who is affected, have widespread implications.
Dave Zirin
Big Trouble in Little Havana: The Perilous Politics of Ozzie Guillen
Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen offered his opinions on Castro and Cuba. What could possibly go wrong?
Dave Zirin
A Question of Human Rights: Keeping the F1 Racing Series Out of Bahrain
A demand has come from the streets of Bahrain to keep the F1 out of their country. We should listen.
Dave Zirin
Preserving the Bounty: Gregg Williams, the Saints, and the Audio the NFL Wants You to Hear
Audio of Gregg Williams imploring players to violence only preserves the status quo.
Dave Zirin
Players Getting Played: Why a Look at the NCAA’s Past Makes Me Weep for Its Future
People optimistic about change coming to the NCAA should probably wise up.
Dave Zirin
Did Magic Johnson Really Buy the Dodgers?
The trick is on us—Magic Johnson is just a figurehead.
Dave Zirin
Trayvon Martin’s Death, LeBron James and the Miami Heat
The senseless killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin has provoked an outcry among athletes. Even among the most famous and infamous of them...
Dave Zirin
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