March Madness

Loyola March Madness

Loyola Soars In March Madness While a Faculty Strike Looms Loyola Soars In March Madness While a Faculty Strike Looms

Non-tenured faculty are set to strike, and students may be walking out with them.

Mar 19, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Donte Ingram

Loyola Basketball’s March Madness Success Shaded By Student Unrest Loyola Basketball’s March Madness Success Shaded By Student Unrest

Protest over an unneeded stadium and a viral video of brutality by campus police engulf the Chicago campus.

Mar 16, 2018 / Dave Zirin

March Madness

The NCAA’s Collegiate Cartel The NCAA’s Collegiate Cartel

Why I think the NCAA has more in common with the mob than higher ed.

Apr 3, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Lonzo Ball and Steve Alford

Your March Madness Bracket Is Exploiting Student-Athletes Your March Madness Bracket Is Exploiting Student-Athletes

The NCAA has become a bigger and bigger business—but athletes are in the same position they’ve been for decades.

Mar 13, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Jayhawks

How the Kansas Jayhawks Can Help Stop the Madness How the Kansas Jayhawks Can Help Stop the Madness

NCAA programs are rarely seen as part of the fight to change a thoroughly corrupt operation. Kansas could be different.

Mar 17, 2016 / Dave Zirin

The Wisconsin Badgers Deserve Better Than Scott Walker

The Wisconsin Badgers Deserve Better Than Scott Walker The Wisconsin Badgers Deserve Better Than Scott Walker

The near-miss by the Wisconsin Badgers in the NCAA final will not cause Scott Walker to lose a wink of sleep.

Apr 7, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Duke University Coach Mike Krzyzewski Is a Profile in Cowardice

Duke University Coach Mike Krzyzewski Is a Profile in Cowardice Duke University Coach Mike Krzyzewski Is a Profile in Cowardice

The most important coach in college basketball has decided to take a pass on whether he stands with the RFRA law that’s animating this year’s Final Four.

Apr 1, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Moving the Final Four out of Indiana Would Be One Hell of a Political Statement

Moving the Final Four out of Indiana Would Be One Hell of a Political Statement Moving the Final Four out of Indiana Would Be One Hell of a Political Statement

If the NCAA is serious about its opposition to Indiana's religious freedom law they should move the Final Four

Mar 31, 2015 / Dave Zirin

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