At the Winter Olympics, Blood on the Tracks At the Winter Olympics, Blood on the Tracks
The circumstances surrounding the death of Georgian luge slider Nodar Kumaritashvili expose the International Olympic Committee charter as a lie.
Feb 19, 2010 / Column / Dave Zirin
No Medals for Olympics Opener No Medals for Olympics Opener
Not to be too tough on the organizers of the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Olympics, but how come someone else had to sing the Leonard Cohen song?
Feb 13, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols
Christopher Hitchens: Sporting Fool Christopher Hitchens: Sporting Fool
Nuance is the mortal enemy of essayist Christopher Hitchens.
Feb 12, 2010 / Dave Zirin
When Snow Melts: Vancouver’s Olympic Crackdown When Snow Melts: Vancouver’s Olympic Crackdown
News Flash: Winter Olympic officials in tropical Vancouver have been forced to import snow - on the public dime - to make sure that the 2010 games proceed as planned. This use of t...
Feb 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin
Who Dat? Dat’s the Super Bowl Champs! Who Dat? Dat’s the Super Bowl Champs!
The New Orleans Saints won Super Bowl 44. I can't believe I'm even typing the words. Five years ago this was the team considered most likely to be moved to Los Angeles. Four and a ...
Feb 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin
Around The Nation Around The Nation
Hopefully you've read Professor Lawrence Lessig's provocative new essay, "How to Get Our Democracy Back." Lessig's piece is essential reading for people across the politi...
Feb 6, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Another Super Bowl, Another Scandal Another Super Bowl, Another Scandal
It's Super Bowl season, another year, another scandal. This year's outburst over CBS's $3 million Focus on the Family ad has revived the mythology around another Super Bowl ad, t...
Feb 5, 2010 / Laura Flanders
The Commercials Are the Super Bowl The Commercials Are the Super Bowl
The thirty-second spots for chips, beer, babes and flatulent slackers star in the big game.
Feb 5, 2010 / Feature / Robert Lipsyte
Let All Super Bowl Ads Advocate Let All Super Bowl Ads Advocate
David Zirin argues for a Super Bowl chock-full of advocacy ads.
Feb 5, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Note to ESPN’s Jemele Hill: Tim Tebow is not Muhammad Ali Note to ESPN’s Jemele Hill: Tim Tebow is not Muhammad Ali
First let me put my cards on the table. I consider Jemele Hill, sports columnist for ESPN.com to be as incisive and interesting as they come. She has been a frequent and fearless g...
Feb 3, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin