NFL Player Junior Seau Takes His Own Life NFL Player Junior Seau Takes His Own Life
Junior Seau is the NFL’s second suicide in less than two weeks.
May 2, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Memory and the May Day Martyrs Memory and the May Day Martyrs
May Day, we must remember, was a holiday written in blood.
May 1, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Want to Understand the 1992 LA Riots? Start with the 1984 LA Olympics Want to Understand the 1992 LA Riots? Start with the 1984 LA Olympics
The causes were many, but police brutality and economic insecurity were supercharged in Los Angeles after the 1984 Olympics.
Apr 30, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Washington Capitals Win Over Boston Bruins Spurs Spasm of Racism Washington Capitals Win Over Boston Bruins Spurs Spasm of Racism
A black hockey player scores a winning goal against a Tea Partying goalie, and racists couldn’t help themselves.
Apr 26, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Metta World Peace—Alias Ron Artest—Did Bad but Deserves Better Metta World Peace—Alias Ron Artest—Did Bad but Deserves Better
An ugly elbow has shown NBA player Metta World Peace that his playing future is in doubt, despite past good works.
Apr 23, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Are We Brave Enough to Say Goodbye to Pat Summitt? Are We Brave Enough to Say Goodbye to Pat Summitt?
Pat Summitt steps down as head hoops coach at the University of Tennessee. The void she leaves is immeasurable.
Apr 19, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
25 Years Since Al Campanis Shocked Baseball: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t 25 Years Since Al Campanis Shocked Baseball: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t
The decline of African-American involvement in baseball speaks more to twenty-first-century problems than Campanis-era racism does.
Apr 16, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Ozzie Guillen, Free Speech and the Case of Loretta Capeheart Ozzie Guillen, Free Speech and the Case of Loretta Capeheart
Attacks on free speech, no matter who is affected, have widespread implications.
Apr 12, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Big Trouble in Little Havana: The Perilous Politics of Ozzie Guillen Big Trouble in Little Havana: The Perilous Politics of Ozzie Guillen
Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen offered his opinions on Castro and Cuba. What could possibly go wrong?
Apr 10, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
A Question of Human Rights: Keeping the F1 Racing Series Out of Bahrain A Question of Human Rights: Keeping the F1 Racing Series Out of Bahrain
A demand has come from the streets of Bahrain to keep the F1 out of their country. We should listen.
Apr 9, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin