Stories by Dave Zirin

Banned in DC: Demonstrators arrested at publicly funded billion-dollar ballpark for exercising free speech.

Hitchens has unleashed torrents of hatred on the Olympics for 'breeding hatred' -- when the truth is that they let off steam.

Don't miss Howard Zinn's 'Voices of a People's History' debut on the History Channel on December 13th.

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.

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.

For all his cultural capital, Woods has refused to take stands on issues that should hit close to home

Roger Clemens's face-off with Congress has moved the guardians of our democracy beyond absurdity.

MLB honchos not knowing about steroid use is like Bush not "reading" the National Intelligence Estimate while saber-rattling against Iran.

Last year the Rockies publicly stated they wanted Christian players, raising the question: Does religion need to be in sports?

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.

The Colorado Rockies recruit Christian players and claim God is at work on their game. Something's gone rotten on the diamond.

Too bad NBC has botched the Winter Olympics, because there's been enough drama to satisfy even a nation of reality TV junkies.

It's time for the National Football League to take the 'whites-only' sign off the clubhouse door and hire more African-American coaches.

This is Schwarzenegger's 'mission accomplished' moment for his right wing, pro-death base; but his 'mission' will fail.

When George W. Bush recently welcomed Muhammad Ali to the White House, the ailing Champ had one last rope-a-dope up his sleeve.

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.

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.

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.

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.