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Why MIA Was Right to Give America the Finger at the Super Bowl

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. February 10, 2012.

The Sri Lankan-British performer gave us all the finger at the Superbowl. Maybe we deserved it.

How Rich Executives Extract Concessions From Workers -- While Playing the Good Guy in Public

Laura Clawson, Daily Kos. February 6, 2012.

That's what's on the rise: Management attempting to exercise control over their workers -- in a brutal display of power. Give in to us or lose your paycheck right now.

How the Super Bowl Became the Center of a Political Showdown for Players and Workers

Jamilah King, ColorLines. February 5, 2012.

The NFL’s Players Association, the union that represents the league’s athletes, has come out in opposition to Indiana's proposed Right to Work legislation.

Mitch Daniels' State of the Union Response Shows GOP Priority: Beating Up on Workers

Josh Eidelson, AlterNet. January 25, 2012.

Daniels’ response was the first to be delivered from a building surrounded by dozens of police cars and chanting activists, protesting his latest anti-union move.

Occupy the Super Bowl? Indiana's Workers Eye Dramatic Next Steps in Fight Against Anti-Union Bill

Theresa Moran, Labor Notes. January 22, 2012.

Dems in the legislature skipped sessions to block the bill, and rallies in protest draw crowds of thousands as Indiana workers fight a union-busting "right-to-work" bill.

Super Bowl-Level Stakes for Indiana Labor in Battle Over Union Rights

Roger Bybee, In These Times. January 9, 2012.

Governor Mitch Daniels' attempt to pass a "right-to-work" law in Indiana extends the GOP's war on organized labor beyond the public sector and into the private.

Why No One Did Anything About My Gymnastics Coach's Sexual Abuse

Jennifer Sey, Salon. November 18, 2011.

In the microcosmic world of hyper-competitive athletics, a high-performance culture where winning trumps all, obvious moral choices become blurred.

6 Right-Wing Sports Team Owners Bankrolling Their Radical Agenda With Your Tax Dollars

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. September 22, 2011.

Professional sports team owners are among the wealthiest people in the world--and some of the most influential right-wing ideologues in the country.

Hockeyhell: The NHL's LGBT Wars, and What Happens When Pro Athletes Make Progressive Statements

Bethlehem Shoals, AlterNet. June 7, 2011.

Professional athletes are increasingly expressing their staunch political beliefs, from left to right. How do we distinguish when politics are simply commerce?

Why Do Progressive Athletes Still Get All the Crap for Speaking Out?

Bethlehem Shoals, AlterNet. May 6, 2011.

Longtime Celtic and outspoken political firebrand Bill Russell is being honored with a statue, but professional sports still have a long way to progress politically.

The Fix Is in: How Sports Owners Have Priced Out the Middle Class, and Rip off the Public with New Stadiums

Brian Tuohy, Feral House. February 3, 2011.

If owners are not loyal to the fan, why are the fans so loyal to them?

New York Sharks Women Tackle the Football World

Merle Exit, The Wip. January 7, 2011.

The Woman's Football Alliance is tackling a sport that's typically associated with men, and making it their own.

We Celebrate Sports Star Immigrants and Vilify the Rest

Nellie Nelson, AlterNet. November 7, 2010.

Sports coverage all too often ignores when successful athletes are part of groups targeted by right-wing fear-mongering.

Why Pro Athletes Make Lousy Public Officials

Robert Lipsyte, TomDispatch.com. October 21, 2010.

Old sportswriters are always being asked for tips on big games. Here’s one for the big game of life: never vote for a jock.

What If You and Your Neighbors Owned Your Local Sports Teams?

Roy Ulrich, AlterNet. November 4, 2009.

Sports franchises shouldn't necessarily be in the hands of private parties.

Stop the Humiliating 'Sex-Testing' of Champion Runner Caster Semenya

Stop the Humiliating 'Sex-Testing' of Champion Runner Caster Semenya

Dave Zirin, Sherry Wolf, The Nation. August 22, 2009.

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.

Bailed Out Banks Still Blowing Millions on Sports Sponsorships

Katharine Zaleski, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. February 2, 2009.

Tax paying sports fans beware... it appears that you may be helping sponsor major teams whether you like them or not!

Plaxico Burress Shooting: Cue the Hypocrites

Dave Zirin, The Nation. December 10, 2008.

Why ponder the economic meltdown and two wars when millionaire black athletes like Plaxico Burress walk among us ... with guns?

12 Year Old Basketball Phenom Banned From the "Boys Team"

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. May 27, 2008.

A 12 year old girl who is six feet tall was banned from playing with the boys because she was too good.

Are Gender-Segregated "Leagues of Their Own" Bad for Women?

Robert Lipsyte, The Nation. March 28, 2008.

A new book advocates equality for men and women on the playing field. But is that field of dreams everything it's cracked up to be?

Hey Brett Favre, It's Alright for Men to Cry

Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. March 17, 2008.

Brett Favre teared up at his retirement press conference, Laura Ingraham decided this was a good opportunity to call Favre a woman.

Religious School Bans Female Referee from Officiating Boys' Game

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. February 19, 2008.

The reason given, according to the referees: a woman could not be put in a position of authority over boys because of the academy's beliefs.

Hillary May Have Magic, But Obama Has Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Nico Pitney, Huffington Post AlterNet: Election 2008. January 22, 2008.

Unbeknownst to him, basketball legend-turned-author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was pulled into the 2008 campaign fray this week.

Baseball's Mitchell Report Fails to Step Up to Plate With a Plan

Russell Wellen, Scholars and Rogues AlterNet: Health and Wellness. December 26, 2007.

Which sets a worse example for young T-ball players? Drug use or a witch hunt?

Bush Conveniently Forgets His Own Role in the Baseball "Steroids Era"

Satyam Khanna, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. December 14, 2007.

Ironically, Bush wants to put "behind us" a steroid culture that his negligent management helped foster.

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