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Protests in Brazil

What could have provoked such massive protests against a soccer festival from the sport’s most passionate fans?

San Antonio Spurs

The underdogs may have enough in the tank to surprise us again next year.

Protests in Brazil

Most Brazilians feel that the biggest football festival in the world, along with the foundation of their country, is being stolen from them.

NCAA press conference

The annual hoops hysteria known as March Madness generates a tidal wave of revenue—but the players don’t receive a dime of it.

Black September commando

The security mania and spending orgy of our present-day Olympics were truly born that tragic September, forty years ago. 

A Jeremy Lin fan

The NBA point-guard phenom has sparked a national discussion about racism against Asian-Americans.
 

Joe Hill, Joe Pa, Tebow and Wee Brains.

International soccer lost a hero when Socrates, the masterful Brazilian midfielder who captained Brazil’s famed 1982 World Cup squad, died last weekend.

There is a reason the former Mets skipper hasn't worked a Major League dugout in a decade.

Penn State fans

There is a message here about masculine privilege.

Blogs

Efforts by Brazil’s leaders and FIFA leaders to delink protests from the World Cup and Olympics will fail.

June 24, 2013

With authorities backing away from their proposed transportation hike, what is next for the protests in Brazil?

June 20, 2013

The only historical comparison to what is happening right now in Brazil was in 1968 in Mexico City. We must be vigilant in making sure they don't end in the same way.

June 20, 2013

The Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs put on a game for the ages, reminding me of a similar one almost twenty-seven years ago.

June 19, 2013

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Brazil demanding justice in the face of sporting austerity.

June 18, 2013

Stealing a Super Bowl Ring is one thing. Stealing $30 billion is a whole other ballgame.

June 16, 2013

With the Washington Redskins finally relevant on a national stage, The Nation's Dave Zirin argues that Dan Snyder can no longer hide from the bigotry of his team's name. 

June 14, 2013

As in Egypt, the uprising in Turkey is seeing the hyper-intense “ultra” soccer fan clubs at the center of the nation’s revolt.

June 10, 2013

Dave Zirin represents a long tradition of reporting from the intersection of basketball, politics and culture.

June 8, 2013

Major League Baseball is back with perhaps the largest steroid bust in league history. The press is cheering. But is this really progress?

June 5, 2013
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