A Whole New Ball Game A Whole New Ball Game
Major League Baseball owners may gripe, but the World Baseball Classic provides a glimpse of an alternative future for our national pastime.
Mar 15, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin
The Olympics We Missed The Olympics We Missed
The Winter Olympics are to NBC what icebergs were to the Titanic. Jingoistic, condescending coverage missed the real drama.
Feb 22, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin
The Value of a Number The Value of a Number
Racial tensions between black and Latino players have been exposed in the ongoing controversy over how to honor Roberto Clemente.
Feb 6, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin
The Slave Side of Sunday The Slave Side of Sunday
On the eve of the Super Bowl, former cornerback Anthony Prior raises hot-button allegations of racism in the National Football League.
Jan 20, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin
The Silencing of Carlos Delgado The Silencing of Carlos Delgado
The New York Mets' squelching of first baseman Carlos Delgado's longstanding protest of the war in Iraq during the seventh-inning stretch speaks volumes about how the rules of the ...
Dec 7, 2005 / Feature / Dave Zirin
The Fight to Save Stanley Tookie Williams The Fight to Save Stanley Tookie Williams
As the clock ticks down to former gang leader Stanley Tookie Williiams's scheduled execution on December 13, football great Jim Brown is helping lead the fight to convince Governor...
Nov 29, 2005 / Feature / Dave Zirin
The Champ Meets the Chump The Champ Meets the Chump
When George W. Bush met Muhammad Ali at the White House last week, the Champ had one last rope-a-dope up his sleeve. You don't have to guess who won this match.
Nov 18, 2005 / Feature / Dave Zirin
The Soccer Star and the President The Soccer Star and the President
Who is Diego Maradona, and how did a former Argentinian soccer star become the nemesis of an American President?
Nov 8, 2005 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Sheryl Swoopes: Out of the Closet–and Ignored Sheryl Swoopes: Out of the Closet–and Ignored
WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes has just come out of the closet. But why didn't anyone care?
Nov 4, 2005 / Dave Zirin
Say It Ain’t So, Big Leagues Say It Ain’t So, Big Leagues
Strip-mining the Dominican Republic for talent, Major League Baseball periodically plucks one lucky boy from his home and family and gives him a dream for a better life. But what h...
Oct 26, 2005 / Feature / Dave Zirin