The Eagles’ Super Bowl Win Shows That Having a Conscience Does Not Distract From Winning the Game The Eagles’ Super Bowl Win Shows That Having a Conscience Does Not Distract From Winning the Game
But the NFL got what they needed: a great game without Trump or player protest getting in the way.
Feb 5, 2018 / Dave Zirin
Hot Protest in an Ice-Cold Super Bowl City Hot Protest in an Ice-Cold Super Bowl City
Local organizers are using old-fashioned solidarity to combat the corporate prom that is Super Bowl week in the Twin Cities.
Feb 1, 2018 / Dave Zirin
USA Gymnastics and Michigan State: What’s Next? USA Gymnastics and Michigan State: What’s Next?
How a university and an entire system failed a generation of athletes.
Jan 30, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
The Progressive Case for the Philadelphia Eagles (Seriously) The Progressive Case for the Philadelphia Eagles (Seriously)
The Eagles are a living rebuke to anyone who thinks social consciousness is a distraction from winning or a repellent to fans.
Jan 29, 2018 / Dave Zirin
The Progressive Case for the New England Patriots (Seriously) The Progressive Case for the New England Patriots (Seriously)
The team referred to as Team Trump is far more complicated than its critics would admit.
Jan 22, 2018 / Dave Zirin
10 Days to Shake the Twin Cities’ Super Bowl Sunday 10 Days to Shake the Twin Cities’ Super Bowl Sunday
Organizing against Super Bowl priorities in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Jan 16, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Colin Kaepernick Has Shown That Courage Is Contagious Colin Kaepernick Has Shown That Courage Is Contagious
And sports, of all things, has become an arena of tenacious resistance.
Jan 11, 2018 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Big-Time Sports in the Big Apple Big-Time Sports in the Big Apple
Author Sean Deveney on Joe Namath and New York City in the 1960s.
Jan 9, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Aaron Maybin Stands Up for Baltimore Students on the Brink Aaron Maybin Stands Up for Baltimore Students on the Brink
Palace intrigue makes for good copy. But real suffering takes place in its shadows.
Jan 5, 2018 / Dave Zirin
The NFL Chose to Tank Its Season Rather Than Sign Colin Kaepernick The NFL Chose to Tank Its Season Rather Than Sign Colin Kaepernick
Billion dollar teams choosing to fail rather than sign Kaepernick is a scandal for reasons beyond wins and losses.
Jan 2, 2018 / Dave Zirin