Robert Lipsyte

Robert Lipsyte, a former sports and city columnist for the New York Times, is Jock Culture correspondent for Tomdispatch.com. His website is Robertlipsyte.com.

Currently

  • Who's Got Game?

    March 24, 2008

    A new book advocates equality for men and women on the playing field. But is that still a field of dreams?

  • Lame Duck Pitcher

    March 3, 2008

    Roger Clemens has done his damage, to himself and to baseball--and we will see him go down.

2007

  • Season of Scandals

    October 9, 2007

    Sportswriters hyperventilate over scandals big and small. But when a football hero and Bush critic is shot three times at close range in Afghanistan, by friendly fire, why does no one bat an eye?

  • The Home-Run Wars

    May 22, 2007

    Babe Ruth's big bang changed baseball forever, giving America a thrilling symbol of power and an itch for the quick fix at the ballpark and in the world. Why can't we just ban the bomb?

  • Descent into March Madness

    March 20, 2007

    Robert Lipsyte takes a shot at the corruption, exploitation and hypocrisy of the NCAA championships.

  • The Church of Football

    January 30, 2007

    If the holiest day on the American calendar is Super Bowl Sunday, Vince Lombardi and Joe Namath were its early saints. So what does that make Pat Tillman?

2006

  • Nascar Values

    November 21, 2006

    The Democrats won the House and the Senate because the Republicans lost the garage. How Nascar fans helped turn the tide of the election.

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Blogs

» The Beat

Bill Moyers Tells a Tale of Two Quagmires: Vietnam & Afghanistan | "Once again, the loudest case for enlarging the war is being made by those who will not have to fight it..."
John Nichols
65 Comments

» The Notion

Palin as the Church Lady | Going Rogue book tour brings passive-aggressive rightwing Christianity to the fore.
Leslie Savan
118 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
Eric Alterman

» Editor's Cut

An Alternative to Escalation in Afghanistan | President Obama is expected to make a decision regarding his Afghanistan strategy after Thanksgiving.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
76 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

Chongqing: Socialism in One City | China is managing the most important event in the world: the urbanization of half a billion people. Fast.
Robert Dreyfuss
204 Comments

» Act Now!

Toward Copenhagen | A guide to joining the movement against climate change.
Peter Rothberg
62 Comments