Palestine: The Unexpected Star of the 2022 World Cup Palestine: The Unexpected Star of the 2022 World Cup
From player demonstrations to unfurled flags, Palestinian struggle has been visible and fearless at the World Cup.
Dec 7, 2022 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
The Political Story of Charles Barkley The Political Story of Charles Barkley
On this week's episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, Tim Bella joins the show to talk about his new biography of Charles Barkley.
Dec 7, 2022 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
The Myth of the Knicks The Myth of the Knicks
In Chris Herring's recent history of the New York basketball team, we get a behind-the-scenes look at the sports commentariat's fixation on grit and toughness.
Dec 7, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Zito Madu
Will LA’s New Mayor Karen Bass Reset the City’s Labor and Housing Markets? Will LA’s New Mayor Karen Bass Reset the City’s Labor and Housing Markets?
Or will her administration stand by as a series of high-profile sporting events turn the city into Doha on the Pacific?
Dec 2, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky
The Response to Brittney Griner’s Capture Is an Indictment of the Right and the “Left” The Response to Brittney Griner’s Capture Is an Indictment of the Right and the “Left”
Why is commonsense solidarity so difficult?
Nov 29, 2022 / Dave Zirin
Brittney Griner’s Jail Conditions Speak to the Urgency of Bringing Her Home Brittney Griner’s Jail Conditions Speak to the Urgency of Bringing Her Home
If the US doesn’t bring her back, the basketball star’s nine-year prison sentence in Russia’s “land of prisons” will likely be brutal.
Nov 23, 2022 / Dave Zirin
Is NFL Football a Blood Sport? Is NFL Football a Blood Sport?
On this week's episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, we speak to filmmaker Isaac Solotaroff to talk about his new film, Bloodsport.
Nov 22, 2022 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Will Players Help Raise Awareness About the Horrors Surrounding the World Cup? Will Players Help Raise Awareness About the Horrors Surrounding the World Cup?
We are seeing some people from the soccer world speak out about the Qatar World Cup. We need more.
Nov 16, 2022 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
The NBA’s Hypocrisies Are Sabotaging Its Response to Kyrie Irving The NBA’s Hypocrisies Are Sabotaging Its Response to Kyrie Irving
The league won't acknowledge its own culpability for the current climate of hate.
Nov 7, 2022 / Dave Zirin
Kyrie Irving and the Fraught History of Our Collective Liberation Kyrie Irving and the Fraught History of Our Collective Liberation
Kyrie's anti-Semitism isn’t new, but his allies are. And that’s terrifying.
Nov 1, 2022 / Dave Zirin