Dave Zirin Can someone let Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in on the differences between a soccer riot and explosive expressions of dissent?
June 18, 2009 The National Football League could send a powerful message in deciding whether Michael Vick and Maurice Clarett will be allowed to play again.
June 17, 2009 Richard DeVos operates the Orlando Magic like the sporting arm of a radical right-wing empire, whose reach extends from makeup to militias.
June 8, 2009 Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s past rulings in sports cases showed her to be left wing in theory, but right wing in practice.
June 1, 2009 New Orleans, still suffering from the Katrina disaster, will once again collide with the freewheeling, hard-partying frenzy of the Super Bowl.
May 27, 2009 The man who greased the way for the lies about Pat Tillman's "friendly fire" death is assuming overall control of U.S. operations in Afghanistan.
May 19, 2009 The sports blabocracy are yapping about Jeremy Tyler's decision to skip his final year of high school and play pro basketball in Europe.
May 12, 2009 The sports radio and comment boards about the Dodgers' Manny Ramirez have been cesspools of racism--but Ramirez isn't the problem with baseball.
May 11, 2009 Just as Seabiscuit thrilled Depression-era crowds, recession-plagued America has its own "underhorse" in this year's Kentucky Derby winner.
May 5, 2009 Going to the bathroom at the old Yankees stadium got Bradley Campeau-Laurion accused of challenging God and country.
April 27, 2009 UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma's tactics of criticizing his players and setting up power dynamics has raised eyebrows.
April 21, 2009 The buzz about Michigan State added a sobering note of class politics to the usual commercial trappings of the NCAA championship.
April 10, 2009 Pro-football player Ryan Moats and his family recently faced one of the uglier cases of DWB (driving while Black) that's come across the wires.
April 1, 2009 It's galling that the man who blithely refuses to hear the call for student athlete compensation is the current NCAA president, Myles Brand.
March 23, 2009 If you watch CNN, you may have seen a press conference with NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley and anti-immigrant lawman Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
March 16, 2009 Faced with entering a court of law with a losing hand, the U.S. Attorney's office in San Francisco has delayed the case of The U.S. v. Barry Bonds indefinitely.
March 10, 2009 After seven years, millions of dollars and countless ruined reputations, the government's case against Barry Bonds is virtually worthless.
February 26, 2009 When it comes to hoops, Education Secretary Arne Duncan has game. But when it comes to our schools, Duncan's record brands him as a scrub.
February 23, 2009 The list of baseball's frauds and history defamers extends far beyond Alex Rodriguez and his use of steroids.
February 11, 2009 Normally, it would be a staggering upset for the Super Bowl game itself to overshadow our annual Mardi Gras for millionaires.
February 4, 2009 Tiger Woods was praised for taking up politics in a speech at an inaugural event, but the actual content was tepid as weak tea.
February 2, 2009 We're told that sports represent a sacredly apolitical space--a place to flee the headaches of the real world. Recent events show otherwise.
January 26, 2009 Retired NBA All Star Alonzo Mourning has engaged with the world and politics like few other athletes.
January 21, 2009 Shoes poured down on the court and the Israeli basketball team had to make a quick exit as fans protested at a game in Ankara, Turkey.
January 14, 2009 The wall between sports and politics, which we are told is as immutable as Gibraltar, was not only challenged, it was thoroughly breached in 2008.
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