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In conversation with Alex Witt, The Nation's Dave Zirin says that the most recent allegation of sexual assault against Ben Roethlisberger could indicate the patterned behavior of a sexual predator.

Nation Sports Editor Dave Zirin denounces Woods' latest ad as just another distraction from the tournament.

Runner Caster Semenya showed up to race this week and the International Association of Athletics Federations wouldn't let her--when Semenya's only "crime" is that she may be intersex.

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan can moralize all he wants about the "educational mission" of the NCAA schools playing in March Madness--but no one is watching to learn about players' majors.

Nation sports writer Dave Zirin discusses what Tiger Woods's return to the Masters means for his image--and for the tournament.

The circumstances surrounding the death of Georgian luge slider Nodar Kumaritashvili expose the International Olympic Committee charter as a lie.

The thirty-second spots for chips, beer, babes and flatulent slackers star in the big game.

The Tim Tebow commercial is no departure at all for viewers of the big game.

If not for the incessant backlash against NBA players, the all-white All-American Basketball Alliance would never have gotten off the ground.

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Sports Illustrated, which rarely writes book reviews, recently covered Nation sports editor Dave Zirin’s Game Over.

February 20, 2013

Has anyone done less with more than MJ?

February 19, 2013

Pro basketball player Royce White is laying claim to a powerful tradition by standing up for mental health in a society growing more stressful by the day.

February 13, 2013

A recent symposium at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian showed how the pressure is rising to change the name.

February 11, 2013

A terrific quote by Coach John Harbaugh at the Ravens victory rally deserves its historic context.

February 6, 2013

Appearing on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, the Nation writer discusses the false gap between sports and politics. 

February 4, 2013

Taking another look at a couple of Super Bowl ads that raise questions about the media.

February 4, 2013

The Super Bowl's thirty-four-minute blackout was a moment that says so much about the USA in the twenty-first century.

February 4, 2013

Homophobic comments have roiled the Super Bowl week in New Orleans.

February 1, 2013

Soccer fan clubs helped topple Hosni Mubarak. Now they’re protesting the Morsi regime and its defense of murderous security forces.

January 29, 2013
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