Tennis Anyone? What Li Na’s Grand Slam Win Tells Us About China Tennis Anyone? What Li Na’s Grand Slam Win Tells Us About China
When Li Na became the first Chinese national to win a tennis Grand Slam title, the reaction told us a great deal about the realities of twenty-first-century China.
Jun 6, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Are NFL Players in a Battle Against Big Business? Are NFL Players in a Battle Against Big Business?
According to Dave Zirin, the ongoing National Football League lockout hearings are all about the owners trying to take advantage of players and fans.
Jun 3, 2011 / Press Room
Are NFL Players in a Battle Against Big Business? Are NFL Players in a Battle Against Big Business?
According to Dave Zirin, the ongoing National Football League lockout hearings are all about the owners trying to take advantage of players and fans.
Jun 3, 2011 / MSNBC
Amid Reports of Wrongdoing, Ohio State Football Coach Jim Tressel Resigns Amid Reports of Wrongdoing, Ohio State Football Coach Jim Tressel Resigns
Tressel is just the latest NCAA moralist to take a hard fall.
May 31, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Joakim Noah, the NBA and the ‘New F Bomb’ Joakim Noah, the NBA and the ‘New F Bomb’
Joakim Noah's use of an anti-gay slur continues a discussion that NBA officialdom appears to loathe having.
May 24, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Dave Zirin: Lance Armstrong’s Supporters Will Stand With Him Through Drug Scandal Dave Zirin: Lance Armstrong’s Supporters Will Stand With Him Through Drug Scandal
Three former teammates have testified that they saw the cyclist take performance-enhancing drugs, but the fans Armstrong has built through his support for cancer research are loyal...
May 24, 2011 / Press Room
Dave Zirin: Lance Armstrong’s Supporters Will Stand With Him Through Drug Scandal Dave Zirin: Lance Armstrong’s Supporters Will Stand With Him Through Drug Scandal
Three former teammates have testified that they saw the cyclist take performance-enhancing drugs, but the fans Armstrong has built through his support for cancer research are loyal...
May 24, 2011 / ESPN
Why Lance Armstrong Will Survive ’60 Minutes’ and the Feds Why Lance Armstrong Will Survive ’60 Minutes’ and the Feds
Three teammates have testified they saw the great cyclist take performance enhancing drugs. But Armstrong’s supporters aren’t going anywhere.
May 23, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Santana is Booed for Using Baseball’s Civil Rights Game to Speak Out for Civil Rights Santana is Booed for Using Baseball’s Civil Rights Game to Speak Out for Civil Rights
Major League Baseball's Civil Rights Game was turned inside out by musician Carlos Santana, who refused to be silent.
May 16, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Brick By BRIC: How Global Sport Has Declared War on Brazil’s Poor Brick By BRIC: How Global Sport Has Declared War on Brazil’s Poor
The Olympics and the World Cup are coming to Brazil. For the poor living in the favelas, the message should be clear: be afraid, be very afraid
May 12, 2011 / Dave Zirin