The Preordained: Why LeBron James Was Always Coming Back to Cleveland The Preordained: Why LeBron James Was Always Coming Back to Cleveland
I predicted last year that LeBron James would return to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Here is why.
Jul 12, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Sherwood Anderson Has Some Notes on Ohio to Share with LeBron James Sherwood Anderson Has Some Notes on Ohio to Share with LeBron James
“Have you a city that smells worse than Akron?”
Jul 11, 2014 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner
Losing to Germany Wasn’t Actually the Worst Thing to Happen to Brazil This World Cup Losing to Germany Wasn’t Actually the Worst Thing to Happen to Brazil This World Cup
Everyone will remember the score of yesterday’s game. But will they remember the numbers of Brazilians that FIFA has displaced and disenfranchised?
Jul 9, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Before the World Cup Ends, Will the Media Tell the Truth? Before the World Cup Ends, Will the Media Tell the Truth?
There is a narrative emerging in the US press that Brazil’s protests have been small because everyone is just happy with the World Cup. It’s not true.
Jul 7, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Deadly World Cup Legacy Continues as Overpass Collapses in Brazilian Host City Deadly World Cup Legacy Continues as Overpass Collapses in Brazilian Host City
As two are dead and nineteen injured as an overpass collapsed in Belo Horizonte. The most awful part of this tragedy is that it did not have to happen.
Jul 3, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin
‘Exporting Gaza’: The Arming of Brazil’s World Cup Security ‘Exporting Gaza’: The Arming of Brazil’s World Cup Security
The role that Israel is playing in arming Brazil's World Cup securities has activists up in arms, and raises disturbing questions about the future of our cities.
Jun 30, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Luis Suárez May Bite, but FIFA Sucks Blood Luis Suárez May Bite, but FIFA Sucks Blood
Suspending Luis Suárez is the right thing to do. But the organization responsible for issuing judgment is absent of moral weight.
Jun 25, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin
From the World Cup to the Washington Football Team, Indigenous People Fight to Be Seen From the World Cup to the Washington Football Team, Indigenous People Fight to Be Seen
Whether in Brazil or the United States, opponents of Native rights have taken to the tactic of pretending indigenous social justice activists simply do not exist.
Jun 21, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin
FIFA Ignores Brazil’s Economic Woes, Provoking Resistance FIFA Ignores Brazil’s Economic Woes, Provoking Resistance
Another day of World Cup games means another day of protests from the Brazilian people.
Jun 19, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin and Press Room
Dispatches From Brazil’s World Cup: Real Estate Frenzy Provokes ‘Psychological Attack’ to Oust Favela Residents Dispatches From Brazil’s World Cup: Real Estate Frenzy Provokes ‘Psychological Attack’ to Oust Favela Residents
Favela Vila Autódromo has lost 30 percent of its homes in the last year. Their crime is being next to the 2016 Olympic Village.
Jun 18, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin