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February 12, 2015
Gentrification Is the Real Scandal Surrounding Jackie Robinson West
The Little League baseball champions from Chicago are being victimized by adults willfully ignorant of the realities of twenty-first-century cities.
Dave Zirin
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November 6, 2014
A-Rod and Ray Rice: If They Go Down, Let Them Not Be Alone
People in power want these athletes to go away precisely because their own moral failings signal a far deeper rot.
Dave Zirin
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August 24, 2014
On the Little League World Series, Jackie Robinson West and Michael Brown
The rise of the all African-American little league from Chicago has revealed a great deal in the wake of Ferguson, about what we choose to see and not see with regards to race.
Dave Zirin
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March 14, 2014
Disrespect in Dodger Blue: Why Number 11 Should Be Worn Only by Manny Mota
There is a 23-year-old Los Angeles Dodgers rookie of great promise named Erisbel Arruebarrena, walking around spring training wearing number 11, and this bothers the holy hell out of me. There is only one number 11 for the Dodgers, and that is Manny Mota.
Dave Zirin