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Dave Zirin

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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.

Articles

News and Features

The Hall of Fame football legend discusses his experiences working with gangs in the black community and why the death penalty just doesn't work.

You can tell right away that Goldberg didn't read a book, an article, even a fortune cookie, about the 1968 Olympics before whipping out his laptop.

If China's leaders believe they've released enough steam for a smooth Olympics, they could be in for a surprise.

The Maryland State Police's Department of
Homeland Security has devoted hundreds of hours and thousands of taxpayer dollars to harassing people whose only crime was opposing the war in Iraq and the death penalty.

For the last decade, NASCAR has tried to shed its legacy as a sport
indelibly linked to the confederate flag.

Two Oklahoma corporate raiders have stolen one of Seattle's most beloved sports franchises with an unlikely accomplice, the NBA's commissioner, David Stern.

It's a little known fact, but Ralph Nader is seriously interested in sports, which is why he believes there should be a Bill of Rights just for the fans.

Is Don Imus irredeemably stupid or just a run-of-the-mill racist?

Billy Hunter has a progressive spine and a background that has taken him from working with Huey Newton to sitting across the table from the most formidable commissioner in sports, David Stern.

In South Africa ethnic violence against foreigners is beginning to spread and the growing voice of opposition comes from an unlikely source--soccer stars.

Blogs

The name Barry Bonds returned to the airwaves as the Giants returned to the World Series
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s effort to be Rudyard Kipling spliced with Gordon Gekko looks like it’s on the road to failure.
One law firm, Proskauer Rose, is representing all four major sports leagues in the USA. The results are great for owners and disastrous for...
An arrogant management and compliant media sold DC on the idea to sit Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg. We now see the results.
The KC Chiefs offensive lineman says to fans, “We’re not gladiators. This is not the Roman Coliseum.”
“Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain’t come to play SCHOOL, classes are POINTLESS.”
The Republican senate candidate has made a fortune from an overtly misogynistic and homophobic organization.
The once-imprisoned Sarsak is protesting the presence of a former Israeli Defense Forces soldier at the game.