Sports

Victory! USA Women’s Hockey Team Just Won Their Strike

Victory! USA Women’s Hockey Team Just Won Their Strike Victory! USA Women’s Hockey Team Just Won Their Strike

These women have shown female athletes as well as the labor movement what winning looks like.

Mar 29, 2017 / Dave Zirin

USA women's hockey

The US Women’s Ice Hockey Team Is on Strike—and the Solidarity Is Stunning The US Women’s Ice Hockey Team Is on Strike—and the Solidarity Is Stunning

The effort to find “replacement players” is backfiring.

Mar 28, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Colin Kaepernick

Donald Trump May Be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Colin Kaepernick Donald Trump May Be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Colin Kaepernick

Trump’s boasts about keeping Colin Kaepernick unemployed may actually help him find work.

Mar 23, 2017 / Dave Zirin

March Madness

NCAA Players Should Strike at the Final Four NCAA Players Should Strike at the Final Four

They have the power to force a change, but only if they refuse to be pawns in someone else’s game.

Mar 21, 2017 / Dave Zirin and Etan Thomas

ESPN’s Jemele Hill on Hosting SportsCenter and Dealing With the Haters

ESPN’s Jemele Hill on Hosting SportsCenter and Dealing With the Haters ESPN’s Jemele Hill on Hosting SportsCenter and Dealing With the Haters

This week’s Edge of Sports podcast, with March Madness, women's hockey, and Kaepernick Watch.

Mar 21, 2017 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Lisa Chesson, Meghan Duggan, Megan Bozek, and Monique Lamoureux

Here’s Why the US Women’s National Hockey Team Is Going on Strike Here’s Why the US Women’s National Hockey Team Is Going on Strike

This is “a fight they don’t want, but must have.”

Mar 16, 2017 / Dave Zirin

MUHAMMAD ALI JR AIRPORT DETAINED

Why Does Muhammad Ali Jr. Keep Getting Detained at Airports? Why Does Muhammad Ali Jr. Keep Getting Detained at Airports?

Ali’s legal battle, FIFA-branded teams in illegal Israeli settlements, and the first openly gay Division I scholarship athlete.

Mar 14, 2017 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Lonzo Ball and Steve Alford

Your March Madness Bracket Is Exploiting Student-Athletes Your March Madness Bracket Is Exploiting Student-Athletes

The NCAA has become a bigger and bigger business—but athletes are in the same position they’ve been for decades.

Mar 13, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Tokyo Sexwale

Will FIFA Ever Stand Up to Israeli Teams in Illegal Settlements? Will FIFA Ever Stand Up to Israeli Teams in Illegal Settlements?

Human-rights organizations have a simple demand for FIFA: Follow your own bylaws.

Mar 9, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Introducing ‘Edge of Sports,’ A New ‘Nation’ Podcast With Host Dave Zirin

Introducing ‘Edge of Sports,’ A New ‘Nation’ Podcast With Host Dave Zirin Introducing ‘Edge of Sports,’ A New ‘Nation’ Podcast With Host Dave Zirin

Sports and politics collide weekly each Tuesday.

Mar 7, 2017 / Press Room

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