Barack Obama, Our Man in Havana Barack Obama, Our Man in Havana
In his historic visit to the island—the first by a US president in 88 years—Obama declared an end to the Cold War in the Americas.
Mar 22, 2016 / Peter Kornbluh
Yankee Great Paul O’Neill Endorses Trump, Slaps Latino Players Across the Face Yankee Great Paul O’Neill Endorses Trump, Slaps Latino Players Across the Face
He’s sending quite the message to his former teammates and the game he ostensibly loves.
Mar 9, 2016 / Dave Zirin
For the First Time in History, the World Series Is Between 2 Teams That Were Never Segregated For the First Time in History, the World Series Is Between 2 Teams That Were Never Segregated
How the 2015 World Series holds up a mirror to baseball’s queasy segregated present.
Oct 26, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Challenging Major League Baseball’s New Managerial Color Line Challenging Major League Baseball’s New Managerial Color Line
With zero African-American managers and only one Latino manager, baseball needs an affirmative-action policy with actual teeth.
Oct 19, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Stadiums Ruin Neighborhoods Stadiums Ruin Neighborhoods
But for the first time in 60 years, a sports megastructure will not dominate Atlanta’s skyline south of Downtown. Can activists help make the area livable again?
Sep 3, 2015 / Daniel Judt
Apartheid Games: Baltimore, Urban America, and Camden Yards Apartheid Games: Baltimore, Urban America, and Camden Yards
Camden Yards can be seen as a symbol of what ails urban America, and it’s hardly alone.
Apr 28, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Camden Yards and the Baltimore Protests for Freddie Gray Camden Yards and the Baltimore Protests for Freddie Gray
The decision by Baltimore’s mayor to lock baseball fans inside a stadium to “protect” them from protestors sent a message to the world built on a lie.
Apr 27, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Now That the Justice Department Has Struck Out, It’s Time to Put Barry Bonds in the Hall of Fame Now That the Justice Department Has Struck Out, It’s Time to Put Barry Bonds in the Hall of Fame
The Justice Department’s quest to prosecute Barry Bonds is a shameful stain in their history. Now put him in the Hall of Fame.
Apr 23, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Gentrification Is the Real Scandal Surrounding Jackie Robinson West 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.
Feb 12, 2015 / Dave Zirin
A-Rod and Ray Rice: If They Go Down, Let Them Not Be Alone 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.
Nov 6, 2014 / Dave Zirin