Dave Zirin
Sports Editor
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Regions and CountriesMarch 10, 2010
The South Africa World Cup: Invictus in Reverse
The World Cup opens in 90 days. But the crackdown and the protests have already begun.
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ActivismMarch 4, 2010
How Sports Attacks Public Education
On Thursday, I was proud to take part in a student walkout and talk some sports…..
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SportsMarch 1, 2010
To ESPN’s Bill Simmons: Tiger Woods is not Muhammad Ali
Can ESPN please declare a company-wide moratorium on comparing current athletes to Muhammad Ali?
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Gender and SexualityFebruary 22, 2010
Lacrosse Captain Comes Out! Johnny Weir Told to Stay In!
Who would have thought that it is easier to be gay in the world of college lacrosse than in men’s figure skating?
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Gender and SexualityFebruary 19, 2010
Tiger Woods: Rehabbing His Brand
Today’s Tiger Woods press conference was an exercise in painful self-abasement that will achieve the opposite of its intended effect. I haven’t seen anything this painfully scripted since the Phantom Menace.
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SportsFebruary 19, 2010
At the Winter Olympics, Blood on the Tracks
The circumstances surrounding the death of Georgian luge slider Nodar Kumaritashvili expose the International Olympic Committee charter as a lie.
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SocietyFebruary 12, 2010
Christopher Hitchens: Sporting Fool
Nuance is the mortal enemy of essayist Christopher Hitchens.
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Arts and EntertainmentFebruary 9, 2010
When Snow Melts: Vancouver’s Olympic Crackdown
News Flash: Winter Olympic officials in tropical Vancouver have been forced to import snow – on the public dime – to make sure that the 2010 games proceed as planned. This use of tax-dollars is just the icing on the cake for increasingly angry Vancouver residents. And unlike the snow, the anger shows no signs of abating.
Dave Zirin
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Arts and EntertainmentFebruary 8, 2010
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Arts and EntertainmentFebruary 3, 2010
Note to ESPN’s Jemele Hill: Tim Tebow is not Muhammad Ali
First let me put my cards on the table. I consider Jemele Hill, sports columnist for ESPN.com to be as incisive and interesting as they come. She has been a frequent and fearless guest on my radio show and is always aces on the air. That’s why I’m so gobsmacked by Jemele’s latest column, subtly titled, Laud the Courage in Tim Tebow’s Stand.
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