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May 30, 2017
Etan Thomas: Why I Attended a Protest of the NFL’s Blackballing of Kaepernick
Protests at the league office in New York City.
Dave Zirin
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April 4, 2017
How To Win a Sports Strike
The Women’s Hockey Strike, the Oakland Raiders move, and Frank Martin.
Dave Zirin
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April 3, 2017
The NCAA’s Collegiate Cartel
Why I think the NCAA has more in common with the mob than higher ed.
Dave Zirin
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March 31, 2017
South Carolina Coach Frank Martin Has It Backward on ‘Today’s Kids’
I’m not worried about this generation. I’m worried about the rest of us.
Dave Zirin
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March 21, 2017
NCAA Players Should Strike at the Final Four
They have the power to force a change, but only if they refuse to be pawns in someone else’s game.
Dave Zirin and Etan Thomas
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March 13, 2017
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.
Dave Zirin
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March 2, 2017
My-King Johnson Is the First Openly Gay Scholarship Football Player in History
His story represents the future of LGBT athletes.
Dave Zirin
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December 22, 2016
Bob Stoops and the Geyser Cesspool of College Football
The 2014 video of Oklahoma University player Joe Mixon breaking the jaw of a female student is exposing, yet again, the rot of college football.
Dave Zirin
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December 19, 2016
The ‘Brutal Solidarity’ of the Minnesota Gophers
The team called off its Holiday Bowl boycott, but the rally to defend 10 teammates accused of sexual assault has left a stench on campus and beyond.
Dave Zirin
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June 1, 2016
Ken Starr’s Misogyny Comes Home To Roost
The Baylor president—and onetime Clinton inquisitor—has been removed from his office after a scandalous report about ignoring rape allegations against the school’s football team.
Dave Zirin