Nation Readers Reflect on their Childhood Sports Heroes Nation Readers Reflect on their Childhood Sports Heroes
Muhammad Ali, Hank Aaron, Gordie Howe and many more. The Nation's readers choose their childhood sports heroes.
Aug 17, 2011 / The Nation
GQ’s ’25 Coolest Athletes of All Time’ has a Slight Omission: An Entire Gender GQ’s ’25 Coolest Athletes of All Time’ has a Slight Omission: An Entire Gender
GQ's list of the 25 Coolest Athletes of All Time is a study in historic ignorance.
Aug 16, 2011 / Dave Zirin
The London Olympics and the London Riots The London Olympics and the London Riots
It aint exactly Shakespeare, but it is actually what happened earlier this week as the London Olympic Committee staged a beach volleyball exhibition as fires engulfed the cit...
Aug 12, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Bud, Bruno and Baseball’s Bigotry Bud, Bruno and Baseball’s Bigotry
In the confines of sports radio, casual bigotry is about as common as a traffic update.
Aug 9, 2011 / Dave Zirin
This Past Week: Our ‘Democracy Deficit.’ PLUS: Chris Hayes, MSNBC’s New Host This Past Week: Our ‘Democracy Deficit.’ PLUS: Chris Hayes, MSNBC’s New Host
We look back over the last week at the costs of the debt-ceiling compromise. The Nation’s DC editor gets his own show. And we commemorate the 66th anniversary of Hiroshima an...
Aug 8, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf: Sports Shape the Way We Understand Our World Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf: Sports Shape the Way We Understand Our World
Sports are more than just games: when we play or watch sports, we are forming the ways we look at our world and understand issues of sexism, racism, homophobia and nationalism.
Aug 8, 2011 / Press Room
Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf: Sports Shape the Way We Understand Our World Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf: Sports Shape the Way We Understand Our World
Sports are more than just games: when we play or watch sports, we are forming the ways we look at our world and understand issues of sexism, racism, homophobia and nationalism.
Aug 8, 2011 / NPR
Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Paul Wachter on Squash in Egypt Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Paul Wachter on Squash in Egypt
Despite Hosni Mubarak's support for their sport, Egyptian squash players now show no sympathy for the fallen dictator.
Aug 4, 2011 / The Nation
Stadium Status: Why Are Taxpayers Funding Billionaires’ Stadiums? Stadium Status: Why Are Taxpayers Funding Billionaires’ Stadiums?
A hilarious, incisive look at taxpayer-funded stadiums.
Aug 4, 2011 / The Nation
As Texas Gambles $250 Million, New Jersey Takes a Safer Route As Texas Gambles $250 Million, New Jersey Takes a Safer Route
The costs of bringing Formula One racing back to the United States.
Aug 4, 2011 / Marc Kilstein