Palin Drops the Puck Palin Drops the Puck
The best-known hockey mom in the country gets booed at a game in Philadelphia's Wachovia Center. Failing candidate, failed bank, failed stunt: you can't make this stuff up.
Oct 13, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin and Daniel Denvir
Sarah Palin’s Extreme Sports Sarah Palin’s Extreme Sports
Polititians routinely manipulate Americans' fixation with sports. But Sarah Palin plays an extreme--and disingenuous--version of the game.
Oct 7, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
Remembering the Bear Remembering the Bear
Don Haskins made his mark on college basketball and on America, as he fought to make the hardwood a level playing field for all.
Sep 12, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
Q&A with Jim Brown Q&A with Jim Brown
The Hall of Fame football legend discusses his experiences working with gangs in the black community and why the death penalty just doesn't work.
Sep 5, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
Dome Denied to Gustav’s Victims Dome Denied to Gustav’s Victims
Check out the massive padlock on the Superdome. That will tell you all you need to know about Hurricane Gustav and the federal government'scarefully orchestrated response. ...
Sep 2, 2008 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
Shiny, Happy People Shiny, Happy People
My hotel in Denver is a block away from the 16th Street Mall--a ruler-straight stretch of Starbucks, Sunglasses Huts and Western-themed souvenir shops selling ceramic bald eagles p...
Aug 25, 2008 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
Olympics Wrap-Up: Marco Polo Would Be Proud Olympics Wrap-Up: Marco Polo Would Be Proud
Not since Marco Polo has anyone traveled so far up China's Silk Roadwith such amoral élan. But there was Jacques Rogge, president of theIOC, knight of the court of ...
Aug 25, 2008 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
Overlooked and Unappreciated in Beijing Overlooked and Unappreciated in Beijing
If a dynasty isn't noticed, can it really dominate? Lisa Leslie doesn't think so. Leslie just won her fourth consecutive gold medal at her fourthconsecutive Olympics--an un...
Aug 24, 2008 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
Jamaica Bolts to the Top Jamaica Bolts to the Top
"All I can say is, 'Yo! Jamaican sprinters taking over the world!'" said Usain Bolt, who has, for my money been the preeminent star of these games--even bigger th...
Aug 22, 2008 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
Remembering Gene Upshaw Remembering Gene Upshaw
The last thirty years haven't exactly been kind to the labor movement. It's been a story of slow death, with decades of falling unionnumbers, stagnant wages and disappearin...
Aug 22, 2008 / The Notion / Dave Zirin