Dave Zirin: Why the New Class Action Lawsuit Terrifies the NFL Dave Zirin: Why the New Class Action Lawsuit Terrifies the NFL
More than 2,000 former players claim the NFL concealed knowledge about the long-term damage caused by concussions.
Jun 8, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
After Forty-four Years, It’s Time Brent Musburger Apologized to John Carlos and Tommie Smith After Forty-four Years, It’s Time Brent Musburger Apologized to John Carlos and Tommie Smith
When Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their black-gloved fists at the 1968 Olympics, they were called “black skinned stormtroopers” by a young journalist named Brent...
Jun 4, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Mind the Gap: London’s Olympic Games Are Falling Down Mind the Gap: London’s Olympic Games Are Falling Down
The Olympic Torch is not the most noteworthy thing passed from Greece to London. It’s the looming struggle against austerity.
May 30, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Protest Is Coming to the London Olympics Protest Is Coming to the London Olympics
Numerous groups are protesting the militarization and corporatization of the 2012 Olympic Games.
May 21, 2012 / Blog / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin
‘Drones, Missiles and Gunships, Oh My!’ Welcome to the 2012 London Olympics ‘Drones, Missiles and Gunships, Oh My!’ Welcome to the 2012 London Olympics
The 2012 London Olympics: It's not a war zone—it just looks like one.
May 14, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
What If Kobe Bryant Were an Imprisoned Palestinian Soccer Player? What If Kobe Bryant Were an Imprisoned Palestinian Soccer Player?
Mahmoud Sarsak, Palestinian national team soccer player, is dying on a hunger strike in an Israeli prison. The sports world should say something.
May 10, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Junior Seau and the NFL’s Concussion Epidemic Junior Seau and the NFL’s Concussion Epidemic
How could former NFL star Junior Seau not have one publicly diagnosed concussion in his twenty-year career?
May 7, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch: Our Ambassador From Atlantis Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch: Our Ambassador From Atlantis
The death of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch is also the death of a living link to a city that no longer exists.
May 7, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Junior Seau’s Family Will Allow His Brain to Be Studied, and the NFL Holds Its Breath Junior Seau’s Family Will Allow His Brain to Be Studied, and the NFL Holds Its Breath
The family of NFL All-Pro Junior Seau made a deeply courageous decision to submit his brain for study after his suicide to see if concussions played a role. The ramifications could...
May 4, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
NFL Player Junior Seau Takes His Own Life NFL Player Junior Seau Takes His Own Life
Junior Seau is the NFL’s second suicide in less than two weeks.
May 2, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin