The Notion

All-Star Speak Out: Baseball Players Pledge to Boycott Arizona All Star Game All-Star Speak Out: Baseball Players Pledge to Boycott Arizona All Star Game

Several Major League Baseball All Stars will boycott the 2011 All-Star game if it takes place in Arizona. It's time for Commissioner Bud Selig to wake up.

Jul 13, 2010 / Dave Zirin

What Michael Steele Can Learn From Howard Dean What Michael Steele Can Learn From Howard Dean

Embattled RNC chair Michael Steele could learn a few things from Howard Dean's turbulent start at the DNC.

Jul 12, 2010 / Ari Berman

Biden’s Crystal Balls Biden’s Crystal Balls

Nobody sees the future like Joe Biden—especially when he’s wrong.

Jul 10, 2010 / Leslie Savan

Lebron James vs. Dan Gilbert: Who Really Killed Cleveland? Lebron James vs. Dan Gilbert: Who Really Killed Cleveland?

Who's the bad sport—Lebron James or Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, CEO of the subprime lender Quicken Loans?

Jul 9, 2010 / Dave Zirin

The Year of Which Women Again? The Year of Which Women Again?

So it's “the year of the women" in the media again. But again, it's only some.

Jul 8, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Lebron James: The Uncool Lebron James: The Uncool

There is already a big loser in tonight's Lebron James-ESPN-free agent-jamboree. It's Lebron James.

Jul 8, 2010 / Dave Zirin

Who Fights and Why? Who Fights and Why?

Winter Bone—if you haven't seen this extraordinary, woman-directed film about a family in trouble in the Ozarks of Missouri, I recommend it. Grim it is. Irrelevant it is not.

Jul 8, 2010 / Laura Flanders

The Dramatic Drop in Women’s Sports Coverage: An Interview with Mike Messner The Dramatic Drop in Women’s Sports Coverage: An Interview with Mike Messner

The USC professor of sociology and gender studies discusses his latest report on the role of gender in televised sports.

Jul 6, 2010 / Dave Zirin

Equal Obliviousness, Not Equal Rights Equal Obliviousness, Not Equal Rights

Although pundits galore like to do it—a lot—it makes no sense to lump the sexes into undifferentiated groups.

Jul 1, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Into the Vacuum: Tony La Russa Loves Arizona’s SB 1070 Into the Vacuum: Tony La Russa Loves Arizona’s SB 1070

St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa strongly supports Arizona's anti-constitutional, anti-immigrant Senate Bill 1070. He also supports people coming to the park ...

Jul 1, 2010 / Dave Zirin

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