On Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell On Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell
Willie and Roberto weren't just the best; they were greatness.
Jul 27, 2011 / Mark Cuban
A Peoples’ History of Sports As Seen Through the Eyes of The Nation A Peoples’ History of Sports As Seen Through the Eyes of The Nation
Highlights from The Nation's sports reporting over the past one hundred years.
Jul 27, 2011 / The Nation
Russian Hero Russian Hero
A bet on a horse in the 1949 Grand National resulted in the largest collective transfer of wealth ever to communism's stalwarts in Britain.
Jul 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn
Dave Zirin: The Resolution of the NFL Lockout Is a Labor Victory Dave Zirin: The Resolution of the NFL Lockout Is a Labor Victory
After an eighteen-week standoff, the NFL players' unanimously voted to approve an agreement that promotes player health and safety.
Jul 27, 2011 / Press Room
Dave Zirin: The Resolution of the NFL Lockout Is a Labor Victory Dave Zirin: The Resolution of the NFL Lockout Is a Labor Victory
After an eighteen-week labor standoff, the National Football League players' union has unanimously voted to approve an agreement that promotes player health and safety.
Jul 27, 2011 / Democracy Now!
Who Was Your Sports Hero Growing Up? Who Was Your Sports Hero Growing Up?
Who was your sports hero growing up, and why? Tell us in 200 words or less.
Jul 27, 2011 / The Nation
Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Dave Zirin on The Nation’s Sports Issue Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Dave Zirin on The Nation’s Sports Issue
Sports is an integral part of our political culture—the struggles for racial justice, gender equality, social and economic change are all reflected in sports culture and history. Though many treat sports as an "escape," it is almost impossible to escape politics and social issues through sports. From Jackie Robinson and the first integrated sports teams to Pat Tillman and our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the politics of sports is woven into the fabric of our nation. In this Nation Conversation, Sports Correspondent Dave Zirin joins Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel to give some backstory to The Nation's second-ever special issue dedicated to sports, and explains how progressive politics and sports continue to overlap today. —Anna Lekas Miller
Jul 27, 2011 / The Nation
Slide Show: Jennifer Egan on Monica Seles, Plus Jane Mayer, Bob Herbert and Many More on Their Sports Heroes Slide Show: Jennifer Egan on Monica Seles, Plus Jane Mayer, Bob Herbert and Many More on Their Sports Heroes
For our special Sports Issue, The Nation asked a distinguished group of writers, thinkers and advocates to pay tribute to their sports heroes. Among the many contributions are Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Jennifer Egan on tennis phenom Monica Seles, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on Willie Stargell, filmaker John Sayles on Roberto Clemente, New Yorker writer Jane Mayer on Arthur Ashe and Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards on Carl Yastremski. The result is a package of moving mini-essays all expressing, in their own way, a feeling many of us share: pure love of the game. View all of their responses in this slide show of sports heroes.
Jul 27, 2011 / The Nation
Against All Odds: NFL Players Association Emerges From Lockout as Bruised, Battered Victors Against All Odds: NFL Players Association Emerges From Lockout as Bruised, Battered Victors
The NFLPA has beaten long odds and shown that solidarity is the only way to win.
Jul 25, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Arrogance of Ownership: The NFL Lockout Goes Into Overtime Arrogance of Ownership: The NFL Lockout Goes Into Overtime
The NFL owners are true bad sports, in unnecessarily prolonging the lockout.
Jul 22, 2011 / Dave Zirin