My Feelings About Tim Tebow, Summed Up Perfectly in ‘Broadcast News’ My Feelings About Tim Tebow, Summed Up Perfectly in ‘Broadcast News’
I’ve found my feelings about the Boy Scout with the biblical eye-black best explained in a movie almost a quarter-century old.
Dec 12, 2011 / Dave Zirin
The Death of Socrates: Celebrating a Sports/Politics Soccer Legend The Death of Socrates: Celebrating a Sports/Politics Soccer Legend
International soccer lost a hero when Socrates, the masterful Brazilian midfielder who captained Brazil’s famed 1982 World Cup squad, died last weekend.
Dec 12, 2011 / Dave Zirin and Zach Zill
Chris Paul: The Occupier and the Occupied Chris Paul: The Occupier and the Occupied
The shocking news that Chris Paul has been traded to the Lakers and then had the trade rescinded says a great deal about the current state of chaos in the NBA
Dec 9, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Saluting a Sick System: ‘Sports Illustrated’ Honors Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski Saluting a Sick System: ‘Sports Illustrated’ Honors Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski
In a decision that speaks to the worst impulses of a proud magazine, Sports Illustrated has chosen to honor Mike Krzyzewski as one of its Sportspersons of the Year.
Dec 5, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Bobby Valentine’s Last Stint as Manager Bobby Valentine’s Last Stint as Manager
There is a reason the former Mets skipper hasn't worked a Major League dugout in a decade.
Dec 2, 2011 / Dave Zirin and Mike Elk
Syracuse, Penn State and the Problem with Sun Kings Syracuse, Penn State and the Problem with Sun Kings
Both universities saw their sports programs as “too big to fail” and then warped every pretension of a moral compass to make sure that they didn't.
Nov 30, 2011 / Dave Zirin
NBA Lockout Ends and Players Get Played NBA Lockout Ends and Players Get Played
Remove the bells and whistles, and the NBA Lockout was about little more than owners stealing money from the players' pockets.
Nov 28, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Penn State’s Patriarchal Pastimes Penn State’s Patriarchal Pastimes
There is a message here about masculine privilege.
Nov 16, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt
NBA Players: Welcome to the 99 Percent NBA Players: Welcome to the 99 Percent
Despite their bank accounts, the NBA’s players may have more in common with the Occupy Wall Street protesters than with the league’s over-greedy owners.
Nov 16, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Penn State Alum/Leader of NOW Calls Out Penn State’s Trustees for Toothless Internal Investigation Penn State Alum/Leader of NOW Calls Out Penn State’s Trustees for Toothless Internal Investigation
Joanne Tosti-Vasey, the Pennsylvania NOW President is campaigning to make sure that the rape culture at Penn State is forcefully challenged.
Nov 16, 2011 / Dave Zirin