Dave Zirin The Mormon Church played an instrumental role in getting California's Prop 8 passed. But the church has faced opposition in the past--from athletes.
January 6, 2009 What's easier for an African American male: Becoming president of the United States or an NCAA Division I football coach?
December 19, 2008 There's nothing like an NFL player shooting a hole in his own leg in a packed nightclub to become our latest walking, talking weapon of mass distraction.
December 8, 2008 The controversial owner of the Dallas Mavericks is in trouble with the SEC--maybe because of his conflation of populism with personal profit.
November 25, 2008 One sports columnist's thesis that Black athletes are responsible for Barack Obama's success is embarrassingly wrong.
November 19, 2008 NFL great Jim Brown transcended the spotlight of sports and entertainment, devoting his political life to empowerment in the Black community.
November 12, 2008 Denver Broncos player Brandon Marshall was ready to join the euphoria over the election of the first Black president--but his teammates stopped him.
November 10, 2008 While his father Henry was demanding $700 billion to bail out the banks, Merritt Paulson asked for $85 million from taxpayers for a new sports complex.
October 27, 2008 The image of Tommie Smith and John Carlos, their black-gloved fists raised at the Mexico City Olympics, has grown in power over the last 40 years.
October 21, 2008 Sarah Palin’s attempt to score political points with hockey fans missed the mark by a wide margin.
October 14, 2008 Sports has become a foolproof way for politicians to show voters that they are "salt-of-the-turf" Americans.
October 9, 2008 In a high-pressure sport like football, where contracts aren't guaranteed, and any play can be your last, depression lurks like a blindside linebacker.
October 2, 2008 Dallas Mavericks All-Star Josh Howard is being raked over the coals for daring to say what more than a few athletes think.
September 22, 2008 The death of Don Haskins would make news throughout the sports world, even if all he ever did was coach college basketball.
September 18, 2008 So much discussion of sports is about sanding off, beautifying or simply obliterating anything that might be seen as political.
September 10, 2008 Witness the massive padlock, hugging the doors of the Superdome. That will tell you all you need to know about Hurricane Gustav and the federal government's response.
September 3, 2008 The moment they stepped on China's soil, the U.S. media made a choice about what questions wouldn't be investigated, or even asked.
August 27, 2008 There's the beauty of the Olympic Games, and there's the ugly pervasive undercurrent that can leave you queasy. Both things are especially true of women's gymnastics.
August 22, 2008 The audacious gesture of Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympics still holds the power to upset all the right people.
August 13, 2008 A public relations catastrophe could be in the making if dissenters manage to break through the media blockade surrounding the Olympics.
August 6, 2008 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 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 A former NASCAR inspection official has filed a $225 million lawsuit alleging "racial and sexual harassment and wrongful termination.
July 15, 2008 Two corporate raiders and NBA Commissioner David Stern have teamed up to throw an elbow at Seattle basketball fans.
July 9, 2008 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 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 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 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 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 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 Olympic officials are trying to make sure that athletes are seen, but not heard, in Beijing.
May 1, 2008 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 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
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