Not a Game: How the NYPD Uses Sports for Surveillance Not a Game: How the NYPD Uses Sports for Surveillance
The NYPD’s extensive monitoring of Arab and South Asian sports events has put a big question mark over the reasoning behind the department’s own sponsored leagues.
Sep 10, 2013 / Dave Zirin
What Can We Learn From the Opening Game of the NFL Season? Actually, a Lot What Can We Learn From the Opening Game of the NFL Season? Actually, a Lot
Last night's Ravens-Broncos game displayed moments that will be a common thread throughout the season.
Sep 6, 2013 / Dave Zirin
College Football’s Strange Gods College Football’s Strange Gods
What I learned from my failure to flunk an “amateur” college football star.
Sep 3, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
How Roger Goodell Is Breaking Bad How Roger Goodell Is Breaking Bad
There is a disturbing amount of Walter White in the NFL commissioner.
Sep 3, 2013 / Dave Zirin
The NFL Concussion Deal: Rotten From All Sides The NFL Concussion Deal: Rotten From All Sides
The NFL settled its concussion lawsuit for a pittance and we are colletively letting them get away with it.
Aug 30, 2013 / Dave Zirin
‘I’m Johnny Manziel, and You’re Not’: An Imagined Speech ‘I’m Johnny Manziel, and You’re Not’: An Imagined Speech
The NCAA mandated that Johnny Manziel had to give a speech detailing all the life lessons he learned this off-season. Here is a fictional accounting of what he might say.
Aug 28, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Boycott Sochi? Think Again Boycott Sochi? Think Again
Protesters are calling for a global response to Russia's odious anti-LGBT laws, but a strategic response is needed.
Aug 27, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
ESPN Journalists Speak Out on Concussion Documentary ESPN Journalists Speak Out on Concussion Documentary
Leading ESPN journalists say the business side of the network always trumps journalism, even when it comes to players’ safety.
Aug 26, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Seeing ‘New Jim Crow’ Placards Seized by Police & More From the March on Washington Seeing ‘New Jim Crow’ Placards Seized by Police & More From the March on Washington
After eight hours in the sun, I’m still stunned by enormity and spirit of the crowd and still conflicted by many of the speeches.
Aug 25, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Chris Paul: A Union Chief They Can’t Knock Off Chris Paul: A Union Chief They Can’t Knock Off
The point guard’s on-court ability insulates him from being banished by league executives and team owners who like unions about as much as David Stern likes baggy jeans...
Aug 22, 2013 / Dave Zirin