Tweaking the NFL’s Rooney Rule Is Not Enough Tweaking the NFL’s Rooney Rule Is Not Enough
Unless players and fans confront the NFL’s racist hiring practices, the league will never change.
Nov 13, 2020 / Dave Zirin
Athletes Are No Substitute for a Functioning Government Athletes Are No Substitute for a Functioning Government
Patrick Mahomes and LeBron James have tried to help people vote this election season, but it’s not their job.
Nov 5, 2020 / Dave Zirin
College Football’s Great Defender Has Covid-19 College Football’s Great Defender Has Covid-19
The people in power who used Trevor Lawrence as a stalking horse for their own profit motives should be ashamed.
Oct 31, 2020 / StudentNation / Dave Zirin
Military Flyovers at NFL Games Are Ridiculous Military Flyovers at NFL Games Are Ridiculous
Troy Aikman and Joe Buck would be right to call them out for what they are: outrageously wasteful publicity stunts.
Oct 21, 2020 / Dave Zirin
The NFL Season Could Be Facing a Covid Collapse The NFL Season Could Be Facing a Covid Collapse
After years of scandals and PR disasters, Roger Goodell has finally put the league’s profits in jeopardy.
Oct 7, 2020 / Dave Zirin
American Athletes Can Decide This Year’s Election American Athletes Can Decide This Year’s Election
In a year of marked by mass uprisings and the Covid pandemic, Trump depends on sports to project a sense of normality. Will the players comply?
Sep 18, 2020 / Robert Lipsyte
We’ve Entered the Era of ‘Branding for Black Lives’ We’ve Entered the Era of ‘Branding for Black Lives’
Amid NFL-approved statements against racism, players fought to have a real message heard—and in another sport, a hero emerged.
Sep 14, 2020 / Dave Zirin
The ‘Disposable Populations’ of Sports The ‘Disposable Populations’ of Sports
A new study points to the blood being shed for the World Cup. That shouldn’t blind us to the deaths and misery caused by stadium boondoggles here at home.
Sep 11, 2020 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
The NFL Is Desperately Trying to Avoid a Players’ Strike The NFL Is Desperately Trying to Avoid a Players’ Strike
The league is hoping that slogans on the field and a push for voting will be enough to quell another sports strike for racial justice.
Sep 3, 2020 / Dave Zirin
College Football Should Be Totally Shut Down, Even if It Hurts College Football Should Be Totally Shut Down, Even if It Hurts
Feel for the athletes missing their season, but understand the real game being played.
Aug 18, 2020 / Dave Zirin