Dave Zirin
Sports Editor
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HumorJune 2, 2006
The Rockies Pitch Religion
The Colorado Rockies recruit Christian players and claim God is at work on their game. Major League Baseball woos evangelicals with special "Faith Days at the Park." Something's going on here, but it has nothing to do with God.
Dave Zirin
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HumorMay 26, 2006
Ricky Williams Dreams of Canada
Former Heisman trophy winner and ganja-smoking peacenik Ricky Williams is contemplating the sweet life in the Canadian Football League. Here's hoping he finds it.
Dave Zirin
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Regions and CountriesMay 16, 2006
Using Soccer to Kick Iran
To World Cup aficionados, soccer is a beautiful game, but to ideologues in the United States and Europe, it's a convenient political weapon against Iran's nuclear ambitions. Talk about spoilsports.
Dave Zirin and John Cox
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HistoryMay 8, 2006
Bonding With the Babe
Bashing Barry Bonds has become a national sport, as the flawed slugger nears matching Babe Ruth's record. But hasn't anyone considered the faults of the Babe?
Dave Zirin
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SportsApril 27, 2006
Sacrifice Play
By selecting George Mitchell to head a steroids inquiry, Major League Baseball keeps the focus strictly on players, not on the owners who silently encourage abuse.
Dave Zirin
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SportsMarch 15, 2006
A Whole New Ball Game
Major League Baseball owners may gripe, but the World Baseball Classic provides a glimpse of an alternative future for our national pastime.
Dave Zirin
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MediaFebruary 22, 2006
The Olympics We Missed
The Winter Olympics are to NBC what icebergs were to the Titanic. Jingoistic, condescending coverage missed the real drama.
Dave Zirin
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Racism and DiscriminationFebruary 6, 2006
The Value of a Number
Racial tensions between black and Latino players have been exposed in the ongoing controversy over how to honor Roberto Clemente.
Dave Zirin
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SportsJanuary 20, 2006
The Slave Side of Sunday
On the eve of the Super Bowl, former cornerback Anthony Prior raises hot-button allegations of racism in the National Football League.
Dave Zirin
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ActivismDecember 7, 2005
The Silencing of Carlos Delgado
The New York Mets' squelching of first baseman Carlos Delgado's longstanding protest of the war in Iraq during the seventh-inning stretch speaks volumes about how the rules of the game have changed on political dissent.
Dave Zirin