Resistance is Coming to the Vancouver Olympics Resistance is Coming to the Vancouver Olympics
I am far from home here in Vancouver to learn more about the coming Winter Olympic Games in February.
Jan 21, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Mark McGwire’s Pound of Flesh Mark McGwire’s Pound of Flesh
In the ten years Brian Williams has anchored the NBC Nightly News, he has never once launched a broadcast by lambasting a public figure. Henry Paulson after the economic collapse? ...
Jan 12, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Faculty Protest Texas Football Coach’s Raise Faculty Protest Texas Football Coach’s Raise
University of Texas football coach Mack Brown is getting a $2 million bonus while the rest of campus is tightening its belt.
Jan 5, 2010 / Column / Dave Zirin and Snehal Shingavi
Dave Zirin on the Year in Sports Dave Zirin on the Year in Sports
The Nation's Dave Zirin weighs in on the year's biggest controversies from A-Rod to Michael Vick to Tiger Woods.
Dec 29, 2009 / MSNBC
Lester ‘Red’ Rodney: 1911-2009 Lester ‘Red’ Rodney: 1911-2009
The "Press Box Red" was a top sports writer who led the first sustained campaign to integrate Major League Baseball.
Dec 27, 2009 / Dave Zirin
Caged Tiger Caged Tiger
The teachable moment of the Tiger Woods circus: if you front for the worst, don't expect anyone to have your back.
Dec 16, 2009 / Dave Zirin
Tiger Falls from Grace Tiger Falls from Grace
The teachable moment of the Tiger Woods circus: if you front for the worst of the worst, don't expect anyone to have your back.
Dec 14, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
Tiger Woods Takes Five (Or More) Tiger Woods Takes Five (Or More)
Woods's indefinite departure from golf is changing the sports landscape of the coming year, both for sports editors and for the golf industry.
Dec 14, 2009 / Countdown
Tiger Is Not Out of the Woods Yet Tiger Is Not Out of the Woods Yet
The Nation's Dave Zirin attempts to steer the Tiger Woods buzz away from his crash and onto his questionable endorsements.
Dec 1, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Tiger Woods Deserves Your Scrutiny Tiger Woods Deserves Your Scrutiny
When the golfer makes deals with dictatorships and unaccountable corporations, all in the name of his billion-dollar brand, he deserves no privacy.
Nov 30, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin