It’s Over: The NFL’s Union Referees Return to Work in Style It’s Over: The NFL’s Union Referees Return to Work in Style
The collective scorn finally punctured the owners' magical mental space, bringing them to the negotiating table to settle.
Sep 27, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Dave Zirin: The NFL Ref Lockout Highlights Class Problem in the US Dave Zirin: The NFL Ref Lockout Highlights Class Problem in the US
Commissioner Roger Goodell echoes the anti-labor rhetoric of Mitt Romney and Scott Walker.
Sep 26, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Even Scott Walker Wants the Union Refs Back on the Field Even Scott Walker Wants the Union Refs Back on the Field
In the ongoing lockout of NFL referees, we have officially now made the journey from tragedy to farce.
Sep 25, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
NFL Scab Referees and the Return of TV Bloopers NFL Scab Referees and the Return of TV Bloopers
The players need to strike to end the referee lockout before someone gets hurt.
Sep 24, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
How the Mayweather-Pacquiao Saga Reminds Us of the Voter ID Game How the Mayweather-Pacquiao Saga Reminds Us of the Voter ID Game
In both boxing and voting cases the strategy is the same: keep the opponent away.
Sep 21, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Letters From Rio: Q&A With a Mayoral Candidate Who Makes the IOC Nervous Letters From Rio: Q&A With a Mayoral Candidate Who Makes the IOC Nervous
Marcelo Freixo stands against involuntary displacements for the Olympics and World Cup.
Sep 20, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Letters From Rio: Why Carlos Can’t Sleep Letters From Rio: Why Carlos Can’t Sleep
The city of Rio de Janeiro is planning to demolish a precious, hundred-year-old Indigenous Cultural Center for stadium parking spaces.
Sep 19, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Letter From Rio: Save Armando’s House From the Olympics Letter From Rio: Save Armando’s House From the Olympics
In prepartion for the 2016 games, Olympic organizers are destroying communities, many of which took decades to build.
Sep 17, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Two Lockouts, a Strike and a Pizza Two Lockouts, a Strike and a Pizza
Chicago teachers, NFL referees and NHL players have one thing in common: they are learning that there are two sets of rules in twenty-first-century America.
Sep 13, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Chris Kluwe and the Greatest Political Statement by Any Athlete Ever Chris Kluwe and the Greatest Political Statement by Any Athlete Ever
Chris Kluwe statement to homophobic Maryland Delegate Emmett Burns needs to be read to be believed.
Sep 8, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin