Why Do We Care About the NFL Draft? Why Do We Care About the NFL Draft?
For fans, the pigskin meat market is mindless fun, but for young players, football is no fantasy.
Apr 28, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
Can the Golden State Warriors Save Oakland? Can the Golden State Warriors Save Oakland?
The Warriors will miss this year's NBA playoffs, but they can still be winners by reaching out to at-risk youth in Oakland.
Apr 21, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
Sportswriters Swoon Over DC Ballpark Sportswriters Swoon Over DC Ballpark
A ballpark for rich folks displaces the poor. But the Washington Post fails to utter a discouraging word.
Mar 31, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
Carrying a Torch for Tibet Carrying a Torch for Tibet
Protest is as much a part of the Olympic tradition as lighting the torch.
Mar 19, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
Steroid Circus on Capital Hill Steroid Circus on Capital Hill
Roger Clemens's face-off with lawmakers moved the guardians of our democracy far beyond the absurd.
Feb 14, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
We Might Be Giants We Might Be Giants
A Patriots Super Bowl win was written in the stars. But every once in a while, the double-digit underdog can win.
Feb 4, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
White Noise on the Golf Channel White Noise on the Golf Channel
After days of dithering, the Golf Channel finally suspends a commentator who joked about lynching Tiger Woods. What took them so long?
Jan 10, 2008 / Editorial / Dave Zirin
The Mitchell Report Is a Fraud The Mitchell Report Is a Fraud
George Mitchell's long-awaited report on steroids in baseball slanders players, gives owners a pass and never acknowledges its author's conflicts of interest.
Dec 14, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin
Sports 2007: It Was a Very Bad Year Sports 2007: It Was a Very Bad Year
Michael Vick's sentencing to twenty-three months in prison caps a depressing and scandalous year for professional sports.
Dec 10, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin