An Interview With ESPN's New Ombudsman, Robert Lipsyte
Dave ZirinThe world’s largest sports network just hired a noted critic as its watchdog. What’s next for sports media?
View ArticleDid Shaquille O'Neal Just Box Out Mumia?
Dave ZirinThe big man—a cultural tycoon and a friend of the Fraternal Order of Police—just went big-bully on a widely acclaimed film about political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jahmal.
View ArticleA Fighter by His Trade: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Sports and the American Dream
Dave ZirinSports have been a historic avenue for immigrant acceptance in the US, but Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s story shows just how much that’s changed.
View ArticleJason Collins: The Substance of Change
Dave ZirinWe can no longer say that no active male athlete has ever come out of closet. Meet the NBA’s Jason Collins.
View ArticleWhy Jason Collins Is More Roger Bannister Than Jackie Robinson
Dave ZirinBy coming out of the closet as an active, male pro athlete, Jason Collins has redefined the possible.
View ArticleWhat Did RGIII Learn at the Muhammad Ali Center?
Dave ZirinWhen Washington’s superstar quarterback visited the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, every tweet was a chapter.
View Article1968 Olympian John Carlos on the 'Coming Out' of Jason Collins
Dave ZirinThe athlete-activist icon has nothing but support.
View ArticleThe Cesspool: Why Youth Sports Stink
Dave ZirinBig business and the explosion in college tuition are robbing kids of a positive youth sports experience.
View ArticleThe Tragically Brief Life and Cruel Death of Malcolm Shabazz
Dave ZirinThe mainstream media is using a deeply racist caricature to describe the passing of Malcolm X’s grandson.
View ArticleRep. Steve King: 'Why Won't Obama Call Tim Tebow?'
Dave ZirinIf you want to understand why Tim Tebow can’t find a team, look no further than the antics of one Iowa representative.
View ArticleHardball: Giants Concession Workers Fight for the Soul of San Francisco
Dave ZirinA strike vote of workers at AT&T Park has national ramifications.
View ArticleRahm Emanuel's Zombie Pigs vs. Chicago's Angry Birds
Dave ZirinThe latest sports stadium swindle is going down in Chicago, and the anger is both palpable and widespread.
View ArticleSoccer Star Robbie Rogers: Out, Proud and Now Un-Retired!
Dave ZirinIn a brilliant sign of our rapidly changing times, the gay soccer star will be taking the field.
View ArticleThe Christie Implosion: Why Rutgers Is Trapped in Scandal and Crisis
Dave ZirinHiring new athletic director Julie Hermann—without looking into her own bullying past—is symptomatic of school leadership that needs to be replaced.
View ArticleIn Defense of Bill Simmons. Seriously.
Dave ZirinSportswriter Bill Simmons gets a lot of heat for a lot of reasons. But discussing the effect of Dr. King’s death on the city of Memphis shouldn’t be one of them.
View ArticleNo Homo? No Way: Suspend Roy Hibbert for Game 7*
Dave ZirinIn the "After Jason Collins" era, the NBA should take a stand against the big man's recent comments.
View ArticleDecriminalize the Game: A Solution to Baseball’s Drug Wars
Dave ZirinMajor League Baseball is back with perhaps the largest steroid bust in league history. The press is cheering. But is this really progress?
View ArticleULTRA-magnetic FCs: The Soccer Fans at the Heart of Turkey’s Uprising
Dave ZirinAs in Egypt, the uprising in Turkey is seeing the hyper-intense “ultra” soccer fan clubs at the center of the nation’s revolt.
View ArticleThe Ring and the Rings: Vladimir Putin's Mafia Olympics
Dave ZirinStealing a Super Bowl Ring is one thing. Stealing $30 billion is a whole other ballgame.
View ArticleMass World Cup Protests Rock Brazil
Dave ZirinHundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Brazil demanding justice in the face of sporting austerity.
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