Mind the Gap: London’s Olympic Games Are Falling Down Mind the Gap: London’s Olympic Games Are Falling Down
The Olympic Torch is not the most noteworthy thing passed from Greece to London. It’s the looming struggle against austerity.
May 30, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Protest Is Coming to the London Olympics Protest Is Coming to the London Olympics
Numerous groups are protesting the militarization and corporatization of the 2012 Olympic Games.
May 21, 2012 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin
‘Drones, Missiles and Gunships, Oh My!’ Welcome to the 2012 London Olympics ‘Drones, Missiles and Gunships, Oh My!’ Welcome to the 2012 London Olympics
The 2012 London Olympics: It's not a war zone—it just looks like one.
May 14, 2012 / Dave Zirin
What If Kobe Bryant Were an Imprisoned Palestinian Soccer Player? What If Kobe Bryant Were an Imprisoned Palestinian Soccer Player?
Mahmoud Sarsak, Palestinian national team soccer player, is dying on a hunger strike in an Israeli prison. The sports world should say something.
May 10, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch: Our Ambassador From Atlantis Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch: Our Ambassador From Atlantis
The death of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch is also the death of a living link to a city that no longer exists.
May 7, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Junior Seau’s Family Will Allow His Brain to Be Studied, and the NFL Holds Its Breath Junior Seau’s Family Will Allow His Brain to Be Studied, and the NFL Holds Its Breath
The family of NFL All-Pro Junior Seau made a deeply courageous decision to submit his brain for study after his suicide to see if concussions played a role. The ramifications could...
May 4, 2012 / Dave Zirin
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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / Dave Zirin