Dave Zirin

Sports Editor

@EdgeofSports

Dave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is also the coproducer and writer of the new documentary Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL.

Boston Red Sox Party Like It’s 1918 and My Hate Is on Hold

Boston Red Sox Party Like It’s 1918 and My Hate Is on Hold Boston Red Sox Party Like It’s 1918 and My Hate Is on Hold

Baseball is about the unity of tradition and change. The Boston Red Sox's World Series victory has demonstrated this in dramatic fashion.

Oct 31, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Dump the ‘Redskins’ Slur!

Dump the ‘Redskins’ Slur! Dump the ‘Redskins’ Slur!

For decades, Native Americans have fought to change the NFL team’s name. Now, finally, there’s a groundswell for change.

Oct 30, 2013 / Dave Zirin

NBA Player Jason Collins Broke Ground by Coming Out—Now He’s Being Dismissed as a Distraction

NBA Player Jason Collins Broke Ground by Coming Out—Now He’s Being Dismissed as a Distraction NBA Player Jason Collins Broke Ground by Coming Out—Now He’s Being Dismissed as a Distraction

The future is still very uncertain for the first openly gay NBA player.

Oct 30, 2013 / Dave Zirin

How Jock Culture Supports Rape Culture, From Maryville to Steubenville

How Jock Culture Supports Rape Culture, From Maryville to Steubenville How Jock Culture Supports Rape Culture, From Maryville to Steubenville

It starts in the locker room.

Oct 25, 2013 / Dave Zirin

ESPN Is Wrong: Grambling State Isn’t the First College Team to Fight Back

ESPN Is Wrong: Grambling State Isn’t the First College Team to Fight Back ESPN Is Wrong: Grambling State Isn’t the First College Team to Fight Back

There’s a long history of players banding together for better playing conditions.

Oct 21, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Why They Refused to Play: Read the Grievance Letter of the Grambling State Tigers Football Team

Why They Refused to Play: Read the Grievance Letter of the Grambling State Tigers Football Team Why They Refused to Play: Read the Grievance Letter of the Grambling State Tigers Football Team

The grievance letter sent out by the Grambling State Tigers football team reveals a locker room too dangerous to call home.

Oct 21, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Forty-Five Years Later, John Carlos and Tommie Smith Have Never Been More Relevant

Forty-Five Years Later, John Carlos and Tommie Smith Have Never Been More Relevant Forty-Five Years Later, John Carlos and Tommie Smith Have Never Been More Relevant

On this, the forty-fifth anniversary of the fists of freedom at the 1968 Olympics, we need a new Olympic Project for Human Rights.

Oct 16, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Bob Costas Spoke Out Against ‘Redskins,’ and It Was a Big Deal

Bob Costas Spoke Out Against ‘Redskins,’ and It Was a Big Deal Bob Costas Spoke Out Against ‘Redskins,’ and It Was a Big Deal

Bob Costas spoke bravely against the racism in the Redskins name on the highest possible stage. He deserves our thanks and our support.

Oct 14, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Blackfeet Elder Refuses to Be Son-in-Law Rick Reilly’s ‘Uncle Tom’

Blackfeet Elder Refuses to Be Son-in-Law Rick Reilly’s ‘Uncle Tom’ Blackfeet Elder Refuses to Be Son-in-Law Rick Reilly’s ‘Uncle Tom’

Rick Reilly’s Native American father-in-law sets the record straight and says he won't be anyone’s “Uncle Tom.”

Oct 11, 2013 / Dave Zirin

President Obama and ‘The Onion’ Unite on Changing the Redskins’ Name

President Obama and ‘The Onion’ Unite on Changing the Redskins’ Name President Obama and ‘The Onion’ Unite on Changing the Redskins’ Name

President Obama told AP he’d “think about changing” any name “that was offending a sizable group of people.”

Oct 9, 2013 / Dave Zirin

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