How the Mayweather-Pacquiao Saga Reminds Us of the Voter ID Game How the Mayweather-Pacquiao Saga Reminds Us of the Voter ID Game
In both boxing and voting cases the strategy is the same: keep the opponent away.
Sep 21, 2012 / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Letters From Rio: Q&A With a Mayoral Candidate Who Makes the IOC Nervous Letters From Rio: Q&A With a Mayoral Candidate Who Makes the IOC Nervous
Marcelo Freixo stands against involuntary displacements for the Olympics and World Cup.
Sep 20, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Letters From Rio: Why Carlos Can’t Sleep Letters From Rio: Why Carlos Can’t Sleep
The city of Rio de Janeiro is planning to demolish a precious, hundred-year-old Indigenous Cultural Center for stadium parking spaces.
Sep 19, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Letter From Rio: Save Armando’s House From the Olympics Letter From Rio: Save Armando’s House From the Olympics
In prepartion for the 2016 games, Olympic organizers are destroying communities, many of which took decades to build.
Sep 17, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Two Lockouts, a Strike and a Pizza Two Lockouts, a Strike and a Pizza
Chicago teachers, NFL referees and NHL players have one thing in common: they are learning that there are two sets of rules in twenty-first-century America.
Sep 13, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Chris Kluwe and the Greatest Political Statement by Any Athlete Ever Chris Kluwe and the Greatest Political Statement by Any Athlete Ever
Chris Kluwe statement to homophobic Maryland Delegate Emmett Burns needs to be read to be believed.
Sep 8, 2012 / Dave Zirin
NFL Season Opens Under the Darkest of Shadows NFL Season Opens Under the Darkest of Shadows
Tragically, player safety has become a political football.
Sep 5, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Gold Medalist Gabby Douglas Speaks Out, Is Smacked Down Gold Medalist Gabby Douglas Speaks Out, Is Smacked Down
Instead of being commended for her bravery in speaking out, she’s called a liar.
Aug 29, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Why Are the NFL Refs Locked Out? It’s All in the Game Why Are the NFL Refs Locked Out? It’s All in the Game
NFL owners are no different than other US bosses and the lockout is their twenty-first-century method of operation.
Aug 28, 2012 / Dave Zirin and Mike Elk
Lance Armstrong Will Be Stripped of All His Titles, but Not His Fans Lance Armstrong Will Be Stripped of All His Titles, but Not His Fans
The cyclist has backed away from fighting charges that he used performance-enhancing drugs, but his fans won't back away from him.
Aug 24, 2012 / Dave Zirin