Stories by Dave Zirin
Dave Zirin is the author of "What's My Name Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States." Read more of his work at Edgeofsports.com.
South African runner Caster Semenya shouldn't be the one humiliated by "gender testing"-- it's the outdated views of athletic officials that are embarrassing.
Posted on Aug 22, 2009, Source: The Nation
The wreckage of the DC train crash is not an accident site. It's a crime scene. When we spend more on sports stadiums than infrastructure, people die.
Posted on Jun 30, 2009, Source: The Nation
Why ponder the economic meltdown and two wars when millionaire black athletes like Plaxico Burress walk among us ... with guns?
Posted on Dec 10, 2008, Source: The Nation
The U.S. is ready for the Olympic Games to be a major boon for capitalism, but political protest could end up being the real story.
Posted on Aug 1, 2008, Source: The Nation
A suit against NASCAR for sexual and racial misconduct may be the best thing that's ever happened to the sport.
Posted on Jul 12, 2008, Source: The Nation
For all his cultural capital, Woods has refused to take stands on issues that should hit close to home
Posted on May 26, 2008, Source: The Nation
China joins a long, proud tradition of countries carrying out brutal political crackdowns in honor of the Olympics.
Posted on Mar 22, 2008, Source: The Nation
Roger Clemens's face-off with Congress has moved the guardians of our democracy beyond absurdity.
Posted on Feb 14, 2008, Source: The Nation
Dealing with steroids accusations, Roger Clemens got a taste of the flammable hypocrisy that burns athletes when their careers cross with drugs.
Posted on Jan 8, 2008, Source: AlterNet
MLB honchos not knowing about steroid use is like Bush not "reading" the National Intelligence Estimate while saber-rattling against Iran.
Posted on Dec 14, 2007, Source: AlterNet
As the media hovers over the legal woes of Barry Bonds, where's the talk about Bush's new attorney general, who is potentially as dangerous as the last?
Posted on Nov 16, 2007, Source: CounterPunch
Last year the Rockies publicly stated they wanted Christian players, raising the question: Does religion need to be in sports?
Posted on Oct 25, 2007, Source: TheNation.com
Instead of sparking a serious discussion on sports, steroids, celebrity and race, the media's anti-Bonds avalanche has done baseball a grave disservice.
Posted on Aug 14, 2007, Source: TheNation.com
USA Basketball's motivational tactics for the 2006 world championship includes encouraging players to spend time with wounded Iraq veterans, but the motives behind it may have more to do with GOP propaganda than teamwork.
Posted on Aug 19, 2006, Source: TheNation.com
Behind the stunning ejection of France's star player during overtime in the World Cup finals are allegations of racism on the part of an Italian player.
Posted on Jul 11, 2006, Source: AlterNet
The Colorado Rockies recruit Christian players and claim God is at work on their game. Something's gone rotten on the diamond.
Posted on Jun 7, 2006, Source: TheNation.com
The first four Pentagon investigations into former NFL star Pat Tillman's death in Afghanistan didn't tell his grieving parents much. Maybe the fifth one will.
Posted on Mar 7, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Too bad NBC has botched the Winter Olympics, because there's been enough drama to satisfy even a nation of reality TV junkies.
Posted on Feb 24, 2006, Source: TheNation.com
Seahawks vs. Steelers in Detroit will display football's best teams and America's worst social malaise: the glaring disparity in wealth.
Posted on Feb 3, 2006, Source: AlterNet
It's time for the National Football League to take the 'whites-only' sign off the clubhouse door and hire more African-American coaches.
Posted on Jan 6, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Instead of honoring the diversity that has changed baseball forever, Bush played vendetta politics with Cuba's national baseball team.
Posted on Dec 21, 2005, Source: AlterNet
This is Schwarzenegger's 'mission accomplished' moment for his right wing, pro-death base; but his 'mission' will fail.
Posted on Dec 13, 2005, Source: AlterNet
The New York Mets' squelching of their first baseman's outspoken war dissent shows just how the rules of the game have changed on political dissent.
Posted on Dec 12, 2005, Source: TheNation.com
When George W. Bush recently welcomed Muhammad Ali to the White House, the ailing Champ had one last rope-a-dope up his sleeve.
Posted on Nov 24, 2005, Source: TheNation.com
Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens might be a brat loudmouth with zero team spirit, but his year-long suspension keeps him hostage from his fans.
Posted on Nov 15, 2005, Source: AlterNet
Boxers like Jack Johnson and Joe Louis used the only unsegregated sport at the turn of the century to smash pseudo-scientific beliefs about race and athleticism.
Posted on Oct 7, 2005, Source: AlterNet
NBA star Etan Thomas is using his exalted athletic platform to call out the murderous negligence of the Bush Administration and the country's painful racial divide.
Posted on Sep 28, 2005, Source: The Nation
Governmental hypocrisy is personified painfully in the monument to corporate greed that has rapidly become the earth's most damnable homeless shelter: the Louisiana Superdome.
Posted on Sep 3, 2005, Source: AlterNet
How has Raphael Palmeiro's positive steroids test opened the door to yet another possible Bush scandal?
Posted on Aug 3, 2005, Source: AlterNet
Why cancer-surviving cyclist superstar Lance Armstrong must break with his 'old friend' -- President Bush -- if he expects his anti-war stance to be taken seriously.
Posted on Jul 27, 2005, Source: AlterNet
The National Guard's proposed $6 million purchase of naming rights for a pro baseball stadium in DC isn't surprising -- just shameful.
Posted on Apr 13, 2005, Source: AlterNet
The man who brought Stanley Kowalski, Don Corleone, and other legendary characters to the screen should also be remembered as a relentless defender of civil rights for all Americans.
Posted on Jul 2, 2004, Source: AlterNet
A long tradition of racism in Boston sports is shaken up by an outspoken baseball player.
Posted on Jun 28, 2004, Source: AlterNet
