Dave Zirin

  • China's Olympic trials

    A public relations catastrophe could be in the making if dissenters manage to break through the media blockade surrounding the Olympics. August 6, 2008

  • When COINTELPRO comes calling

    In classified reports on anti-death penalty activism compiled by the Maryland State Police and Department of Homeland Security, I am known as "Dave Z." July 21, 2008

  • Baseball's All-Star Blackout

    The Home Run Derby at the All-Star Game looked like it was out of 1946, before Jackie Robinson integrated the game. July 18, 2008

  • NASCAR's ugly underbelly

    A former NASCAR inspection official has filed a $225 million lawsuit alleging "racial and sexual harassment and wrongful termination. July 15, 2008

  • Grand Theft Hoops

    Two corporate raiders and NBA Commissioner David Stern have teamed up to throw an elbow at Seattle basketball fans. July 9, 2008

  • Stupid or racist or both?

    Don Imus has made another obnoxious bigoted comment, but he's trying to hang onto his job by claiming he's a misunderstood anti-racist. July 1, 2008

  • Will soccer stop or spur the violence?

    There is an important and overlooked tide of condemnation of the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa coming from that most global of sports, soccer. June 11, 2008

  • "It was like he died twice"

    The mother of football player and casualty of war Pat Tillman talks about her family’s long road to learn the grim truth about Pat’s death in Afghanistan. June 6, 2008

  • Tiger Woods' deal with the devil

    If Tiger Woods is, as his defenders claim, an "agent for change," why is his foundation in a partnership with oil giant Chevron? June 4, 2008

  • What I want to ask Mary Tillman

    When NFL player-turned-Army Ranger Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan, U.S. officials lied about how he died. When will his mother get the whole truth? May 22, 2008

  • The Bonds vanishes

    Barry Bonds broke the most hallowed record in sports, surpassing Henry Aaron's home run record, yet he's being erased from baseball history. May 15, 2008

  • What should Olympic protests focus on?

    Olympic officials are trying to make sure that athletes are seen, but not heard, in Beijing. May 1, 2008

  • A torch that lights the way for oppression

    The journey of the Olympic torch has been a public relations apocalypse--with protesters holding up a light to the hypocrisy of the Games. April 25, 2008

  • Standing for justice on the soccer pitch

    After scoring in his team's victory against Sudan, Mohamed Aboutreika lifted his jersey to reveal a T-shirt that read "Sympathize with Gaza." February 8, 2008