Dave Zirin

Sports Editor

@EdgeofSports

Dave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is also the coproducer and writer of the new documentary Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL.

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

Howard Zinn speaks into a microphone during the 2009 Sundance Music Festival

Howard Zinn: The Historian Who Made History Howard Zinn: The Historian Who Made History

Howard Zinn, who died in 2010 at the age of 87, did nothing less than rewrite the narrative of the United States. 

Jan 28, 2010 / Dave Zirin

An Idiot Among Us: Basketball’s Paul Shirley on Haiti An Idiot Among Us: Basketball’s Paul Shirley on Haiti

In most cases, I've believed strongly in the right of professional athletes to state their political beliefs loudly and proudly. The concept that jocks should just "shut up a...

Jan 27, 2010 / Dave Zirin

Silver Lining for Vikings Fans (Politically) Silver Lining for Vikings Fans (Politically)

This is a day to empathize with the agony amongst the long-suffering fans of the Minnesota Vikings. 

Jan 25, 2010 / Dave Zirin

Protests Dog Olympic Torch Relay Across Canada Protests Dog Olympic Torch Relay Across Canada

The "running of the Olympic torch." Its roots lie in the propaganda department of Nazi Germany, as Joseph Goebbels saw it as an ingenious way to spread the Nazi gospel ac...

Jan 23, 2010 / Dave Zirin

NFL Wants to Go Steady–With Reebok NFL Wants to Go Steady–With Reebok

The Supreme Court will soon tell the NFL whether it can knock out competition by cutting deals as a single entity.

Jan 21, 2010 / Column / Dave Zirin and Jeremiah Tittle

Resistance is Coming to the Vancouver Olympics Resistance is Coming to the Vancouver Olympics

I am far from home here in Vancouver to learn more about the coming Winter Olympic Games in February. 

Jan 21, 2010 / Dave Zirin

An Interview with Haitian NBA Vet Olden Polynice An Interview with Haitian NBA Vet Olden Polynice

Olden Polynice played center in the NBA for 15 seasons. During that time, he distinguished himself as more than a hardnosed rebounder. He was the most visible Haitian athlete in th...

Jan 15, 2010 / Dave Zirin

Mark McGwire’s Pound of Flesh Mark McGwire’s Pound of Flesh

In the ten years Brian Williams has anchored the NBC Nightly News, he has never once launched a broadcast by lambasting a public figure. Henry Paulson after the economic collapse? ...

Jan 12, 2010 / Dave Zirin

Al Sharpton Wants Gilbert Arenas Punished. Seriously. Al Sharpton Wants Gilbert Arenas Punished. Seriously.

Whenever racism rears its head in sports, the Reverend Al Sharpton has usually had something important to say. In the process, he has proudly earned the contempt of the sports radi...

Jan 5, 2010 / Dave Zirin

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