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Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Paul Wachter on Squash in Egypt (Sports, World)

Despite Hosni Mubarak's support for their sport, Egyptian squash players now show no sympathy for the fallen dictator.

The Nation
Stadium Status: Why Are Taxpayers Funding Billionaires' Stadiums? (Sports)

A hilarious, incisive look at taxpayer-funded stadiums.

The Nation
Slide Show: 6 Ways the Media Represents Female Athletes (Sports, Gender Issues, Sex and Sexuality)
The Nation
Debunking the Myth that Sports and Politics Don't Overlap (Sports, Politics)

Sports has a rich tradition of resistance politics. 

The Nation
Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Dave Zirin on The Nation's Sports Issue (Sports, Society)

From Jackie Robinson and the first integrated sports teams to Pat Tillman and our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, sports is woven into the fabric of our nation.

The Nation
Lester Rodney: Jackie Robinson, An American Hero (Racism and Discrimination, Sports)

 There was a time—not too long ago—when black players were not allowed to play on "white" teams.

The Nation
Slide Show: David Remnick, Ralph Nader, Cecile Richards on Their Sports Heroes (Sports)
The Nation
The Sports Issue: Views From Left Field (Sports)
The Editors
Jocks vs. Pukes
Jocks vs. Pukes (Sports)

Jock Culture is a distortion of sports.

Robert Lipsyte
9 comments
Atlantic Yards construction site
Why Do Mayors Love Sports Stadiums? (Sports, Cities, Urban Planning and Development)

Numerous cities are littered with “downtown catalysts” that failed to catalyze.

Neil DeMause
4 comments

Blogs

Santana is Booed for Using Baseball's Civil Rights Game to Speak Out for Civil Rights
The Notion

Major League Baseball's Civil Rights Game was turned inside out by musician Carlos Santana, who refused to be silent.

May 16, 2011
Brick By BRIC: How Global Sport Has Declared War on Brazil's Poor
The Notion

The Olympics and the World Cup are coming to Brazil. For the poor living in the favelas, the message should be clear: be afraid, be very afraid

May 12, 2011
Atlanta Hawks' Etan Thomas Stands Up to Georgia's Immigration Crackdown
The Notion

Atlanta Hawks basketball player Etan Thomas refuses to be silent, especially when the state of Georgia takes a major step backward toward its dark past.

May 9, 2011
Shut Up and Play? Patriotism, Jock Culture and the Limits of Free Speech
The Notion

Some athletes have dared to buck the patriotic trend, and in the process have learned a tough lesson about the limits of free speech in the jockocracy.

May 4, 2011
Sports, bin Laden and the New Normal
The Notion

The death of Osama bin Laden was reflected immediately in the rapturious cheers of sports fans. It was another sign how 9/11 changed everything, in terms of politics at the park.

May 2, 2011
Empty Suit: Roger Goodell's 'Wall Street Journal' Op-Ed
The Notion

On Wednesday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that was as hypocritical as it was bizarre. I would even call it “career ending” if the sports media weren’t so terrified of Goodell, or football fans actually read the Journal Opinion page. 

April 27, 2011
Taking Back the Los Angeles Dodgers
The Notion

In an exciting development, LA Councilwoman Janice Hahn has picked up the call for fan ownership as a solution to the team's ownership woes.

April 25, 2011
The Great American Witch Hunt: How Barry Bonds Became a Convicted Felon
The Notion

Barry Bonds now faces ten years in prison after a trial that was an ugly, abhorrent farce. Witch hunt might be too kind a word.

April 13, 2011
The Crackdown on Bahrain's Jocks for Justice
The Notion

More than 200 Bahraini athletes—all Shi’a Muslims—have been suspended or detained for taking part in anti-government protests.

April 11, 2011
Is NCAA President Mark Emmert 'Justice-Curious'?
The Notion

Last week, NCAA President Mark Emmert crossed a stunning ideological bridge away from the antediluvian. Emmert said in an interview with USA Today that at April's NCAA board meeting he "will make clear ... that I want [paying players] to be a subject we explore."

April 4, 2011
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