To ESPN’s Bill Simmons: Tiger Woods is not Muhammad Ali 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?
Mar 1, 2010 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
Lacrosse Captain Comes Out! Johnny Weir Told to Stay In! 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?
Feb 22, 2010 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
Tiger Woods: Rehabbing His Brand 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 scripte...
Feb 19, 2010 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
At the Winter Olympics, Blood on the Tracks 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.
Feb 19, 2010 / Column / Dave Zirin
Christopher Hitchens: Sporting Fool Christopher Hitchens: Sporting Fool
Nuance is the mortal enemy of essayist Christopher Hitchens.
Feb 12, 2010 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
When Snow Melts: Vancouver’s Olympic Crackdown 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 t...
Feb 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin
Who Dat? Dat’s the Super Bowl Champs! Who Dat? Dat’s the Super Bowl Champs!
The New Orleans Saints won Super Bowl 44. I can't believe I'm even typing the words. Five years ago this was the team considered most likely to be moved to Los Angeles. Four and a ...
Feb 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin
Note to ESPN’s Jemele Hill: Tim Tebow is not Muhammad Ali 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 g...
Feb 3, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin
All-White Basketball League: Bringing Segregation Back All-White Basketball League: Bringing Segregation Back
If not for the incessant backlash against NBA players, the all-white All-American Basketball Alliance would never have gotten off the ground.
Feb 2, 2010 / Column / Dave Zirin and David J. Leonard
Say No to CBS’s Anti-Choice Super Bowl Ad Say No to CBS’s Anti-Choice Super Bowl Ad
The broadcast networks that air the Super Bowl have historically rejected advocacy ads. Yet CBS, which is airing the Super Bowl this year, has accepted an anti-choice ad by the ult...
Jan 31, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin