Dave Zirin Union and Occupy activists dared to be heard on a day when everyone told them to just shut up and watch the game.
February 8, 2012 Because the Republicans rammed through a "right-to-work" law in Indiana, protest will be part of the Super Bowl scenery.
February 2, 2012 How could Penn State's Joe Paterno, known far and wide as a man of moral integrity, have been content with silence?
January 24, 2012 For more than 25 years, I've tuned in to the bowl games to cap each college football season--but not this year.
January 3, 2012 Hopefully, a new generation of Brazilians will pick up--on the field and off--from where the soccer great left off.
December 15, 2011 Another college sports program that dominates the economy of a region--and another horrifying child abuse scandal.
December 5, 2011 With the league coming off a year of record revenues, the players should be getting more--and instead, they took historic cuts.
November 30, 2011 The media claim NBA players are out of touch with economic reality, but they have more in common with the 99 percent.
November 21, 2011 Student demonstrations at Penn State and UC Berkeley on November 9 spiraled into violence--but the circumstances couldn't be more different.
November 15, 2011 Allegations of a cover-up of child sexual abuse at Penn State show what's wrong with a sports culture centered on money.
November 8, 2011 In speeches at Occupy encampments across the country, Dr. John Carlos has drawn a direct line from 1968 to today.
October 27, 2011 The National Basketball Association owners and Commissioner David Stern are complaining about how bad they have it.
October 3, 2011 The image of John Carlos and Tommie Smith with fists raised evokes a sense of principle and freedom to this day.
September 27, 2011 In the wake of the execution of Troy Davis, we have a moral obligation to continue the fight against the death penalty.
September 26, 2011 Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson possesses what can only be called a "plantation mentality" toward his players.
August 31, 2011 Gentleman's Quarterly issued its list of the 25 coolest athletes in sports--and there isn't a single woman on it.
August 24, 2011 The intransigent and bullying NBA Commissioner David Stern is robbing the fans of the game we love.
August 10, 2011 Football players hung tough through the owners' lockout, and now the new contract looks quite good for them.
July 27, 2011 The intense interest in the Women's World Cup shows the market for women's sports--though the media have other ideas.
July 21, 2011 Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig chose not to listen to those who wanted the All-Star Game moved from Arizona--so I chose not to watch it.
July 13, 2011 The Los Angeles Dodgers, arguably the most culturally significant franchise in the history of U.S. sports, is out for the count.
July 8, 2011 Adrian Gonzalez's decision to play in the 2011 All-Star Game in Arizona is bad news for immigrant rights activists.
June 27, 2011 The man who proposed that women soccer players wear "hot pants" now wants to ban the Iranian women's team for wearing hijabs.
June 14, 2011 Ohio State's football coach resigned ahead of a magazine exposé showing everything that's wrong with college sports.
June 6, 2011 Homophobic outbursts are still part of the vocabulary of professional sports--but more and more players are challenging this.
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