Lester ‘Red’ Rodney: 1911-2009 Lester ‘Red’ Rodney: 1911-2009
The "Press Box Red" was a top sports writer who led the first sustained campaign to integrate Major League Baseball.
Dec 27, 2009 / Dave Zirin
Caged Tiger Caged Tiger
The teachable moment of the Tiger Woods circus: if you front for the worst, don't expect anyone to have your back.
Dec 16, 2009 / Dave Zirin
Tiger Falls from Grace Tiger Falls from Grace
The teachable moment of the Tiger Woods circus: if you front for the worst of the worst, don't expect anyone to have your back.
Dec 14, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
Tiger Woods Deserves Your Scrutiny Tiger Woods Deserves Your Scrutiny
When the golfer makes deals with dictatorships and unaccountable corporations, all in the name of his billion-dollar brand, he deserves no privacy.
Nov 30, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
The NFL’s Concussion Conundrum The NFL’s Concussion Conundrum
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell seems to understand that when athletes play with a concussion, it is bad for their health--and for business. But do his reforms go far enough?
Nov 24, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
Women Ski Jumpers Grounded Women Ski Jumpers Grounded
A Canadian judge allows the International Olympic Committee to trump Canadian equal rights law and keep women ski jumpers out of the Vancouver Olympics.
Nov 18, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
LA Clippers Owner Pays Out for Race-Based Housing Discrimination LA Clippers Owner Pays Out for Race-Based Housing Discrimination
Donald Sterling was just obligated to pay out the largest settlement ever obtained by the government in a housing discrimination case involving apartment rentals.
Nov 10, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
Big League Blues Big League Blues
The NFL is only the highest-profile example of the economic crisis pervading the world of sports.
Oct 28, 2009 / Dave Zirin
My Response to Rush: It’s the Racism, Stupid My Response to Rush: It’s the Racism, Stupid
The real reason Limbaugh is losing his cool is that his dream of owning an NFL franchise is going up in smoke.
Oct 14, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
The NFL Must Flush Rush The NFL Must Flush Rush
Rush Limbaugh's long history of racism should be enough to quash his chances of becoming an owner in the National Football League.
Oct 9, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin