Major League Baseball in Havana, 17 Years Ago Major League Baseball in Havana, 17 Years Ago
In 1999, the Baltimore Orioles played the Cuban National baseball team, helping lay the groundwork for this week’s remarkable events in Havana.
Mar 23, 2016 / Dave Zirin
How the Rio Olympics Could Cement a Brazilian Coup How the Rio Olympics Could Cement a Brazilian Coup
Scandals engulfing the country’s elite are not touching the 2016 Olympics. This could very well be by design.
Mar 21, 2016 / Dave Zirin
How the Kansas Jayhawks Can Help Stop the Madness How the Kansas Jayhawks Can Help Stop the Madness
NCAA programs are rarely seen as part of the fight to change a thoroughly corrupt operation. Kansas could be different.
Mar 17, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Los Angeles Rams Owner Wanted Players to Still Be Classified as St. Louis Workers Los Angeles Rams Owner Wanted Players to Still Be Classified as St. Louis Workers
Billionaire Stan Kroenke wished to take his NFL team to California. Yet he missed one thing about Missouri: the labor laws.
Mar 15, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Ohio State Football Coach Urban Meyer Endorses John Kasich in a Greasy Political Payback Ohio State Football Coach Urban Meyer Endorses John Kasich in a Greasy Political Payback
Meyer has done very well in Ohio. His players cannot organize, and his salary is sky-high. This week, he paid back the man who has made it happen.
Mar 11, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Yankee Great Paul O’Neill Endorses Trump, Slaps Latino Players Across the Face Yankee Great Paul O’Neill Endorses Trump, Slaps Latino Players Across the Face
He’s sending quite the message to his former teammates and the game he ostensibly loves.
Mar 9, 2016 / Dave Zirin
‘Trump’ Has Become a Racial Taunt at High School Sporting Events ‘Trump’ Has Become a Racial Taunt at High School Sporting Events
Powerful people in sports have helped to legitimize this man, and we’re already seeing the consequences play out.
Mar 7, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Meet Gianni Infantino, the New Head of FIFA Meet Gianni Infantino, the New Head of FIFA
The role of the chief comes with less power and a clear mission to make the operation a bit less rank.
Mar 2, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Thank You, Melissa Harris-Perry Thank You, Melissa Harris-Perry
The most diverse, intellectually bracing show on network news was treated as expendable, and its host would not have it. She and her show will be sorely missed.
Feb 29, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Delonte West, Mental Health, and Royce White’s Unpublished Letter to the NBA Delonte West, Mental Health, and Royce White’s Unpublished Letter to the NBA
A former NBA player is suffering and another former player is taking the league to task for failing to do the right thing.
Feb 24, 2016 / Dave Zirin