Sports

Players and Fans Lose When Team Owners Don’t Open the Books Players and Fans Lose When Team Owners Don’t Open the Books

With many teams undergoing new megastadium projects, players and fans are getting the short end of the stick.

Oct 26, 2010 / MSNBC

Boo Ya: Fighting Workers Aim for ESPN Zone Boo Ya: Fighting Workers Aim for ESPN Zone

Workers at the shuttered ESPN Zone in Baltimore's Inner Harbor were laid off with one week's notice. Now they are taking on ESPN, Disney and demanding just a little bit of respect.

Oct 26, 2010 / Dave Zirin

Leave ‘Em in the Locker Room

Leave ‘Em in the Locker Room Leave ‘Em in the Locker Room

Professional athletes make lousy public officials.

Oct 19, 2010 / Robert Lipsyte

In the NFL, the Violence Comes to a Head In the NFL, the Violence Comes to a Head

As players fall to concussions at an alarming rate, the question has to be asked: when will fans say enough?

Oct 19, 2010 / Dave Zirin

Brett Favre Beware: The NFL Is Thinking Pink Brett Favre Beware: The NFL Is Thinking Pink

Brett Favre is facing suspension for sending lewd photos to a team employee. The NFL won't look kindly at the future Hall of Famer for his actions because they have their eyes on t...

Oct 13, 2010 / Dave Zirin

The Randy Moss Trade in All Its Idiocy The Randy Moss Trade in All Its Idiocy

The Patriots trade of superstar wide receiver Randy Moss to the Minnesota Vikings for a third-round draft pick represents everything I despise about NFL "conventional wisdom,&...

Oct 6, 2010 / Dave Zirin

Lebron James and the Perils of Walking the Fence Lebron James and the Perils of Walking the Fence

The uproar around NBA star Lebron James's recent comments about race and racism highlight the fact that you don't raise such concerns without paying a price.

Oct 4, 2010 / Dave Zirin

Linda McMahon’s Body Count Linda McMahon’s Body Count

Linda McMahon says she is running for the US Senate from Connecticut because she wants to "put people first." Those people clearly don't include the people who made ...

Sep 30, 2010 / Dave Zirin

The Collapsing of the Commonwealth Games The Collapsing of the Commonwealth Games

The 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi are on the verge of a historically unprecedented complete and utter implosion.

Sep 24, 2010 / Dave Zirin

Football vs. Asian Studies Football vs. Asian Studies

While the University of Texas at Austin's football team receives generous funding, the Vietnamese language program is being cut—even though it's the third-most-spoken languag...

Sep 20, 2010 / Dan Treadway

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