Olympic Flame Out Olympic Flame Out
Boycotts of the Beijing Olympics are easy. What's harder is moving China towards meaningful progress on human rights.
Apr 17, 2008 / Editorial / The Editors
Sportswriters Swoon Over DC Ballpark Sportswriters Swoon Over DC Ballpark
A ballpark for rich folks displaces the poor. But the Washington Post fails to utter a discouraging word.
Mar 31, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
Who’s Got Game? Who’s Got Game?
A new book advocates equality for men and women on the playing field. But is that still a field of dreams?
Mar 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Lipsyte
Carrying a Torch for Tibet Carrying a Torch for Tibet
Protest is as much a part of the Olympic tradition as lighting the torch.
Mar 19, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
China’s Olympic Delusion China’s Olympic Delusion
Cracking down once again in Tibet, China seeks to control the script on its flawed human rights record, yet still be regarded as a suitable host for the Olympics. Dream on.
Mar 19, 2008 / Feature / Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Lame Duck Pitcher Lame Duck Pitcher
Roger Clemens has done his damage, to himself and to baseball--and we will see him go down.
Mar 3, 2008 / Feature / Robert Lipsyte
Steroid Circus on Capital Hill Steroid Circus on Capital Hill
Roger Clemens's face-off with lawmakers moved the guardians of our democracy far beyond the absurd.
Feb 14, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
We Might Be Giants We Might Be Giants
A Patriots Super Bowl win was written in the stars. But every once in a while, the double-digit underdog can win.
Feb 4, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
White Noise on the Golf Channel White Noise on the Golf Channel
After days of dithering, the Golf Channel finally suspends a commentator who joked about lynching Tiger Woods. What took them so long?
Jan 10, 2008 / Editorial / Dave Zirin
The Mitchell Report Is a Fraud The Mitchell Report Is a Fraud
George Mitchell's long-awaited report on steroids in baseball slanders players, gives owners a pass and never acknowledges its author's conflicts of interest.
Dec 14, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin