You Can Keep the Faith You Can Keep the Faith
Major League Baseball's new "Faith Days" campaign is about more than family-friendly Christian entertainment with a twist of commerce.
Jul 28, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin
Baseball Begins to Listen to Sweatshop Foes Baseball Begins to Listen to Sweatshop Foes
After pressure from the local newspaper and the City Council questioning the use of sweatshop labor to create Pittsburgh Pirates regalia, Major League Baseball seems willing to lis...
Jul 14, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin and Derek Tyner
World Cup: Party On World Cup: Party On
If there is any message to be gleaned from the World Cup, it is that soccer has finally shed its freight of machismo and anguish, attracting a global audience of fans who simply wa...
Jul 10, 2006 / Feature / Simon Kuper
Hey Guys, It’s Just a Game Hey Guys, It’s Just a Game
Soccer's not for wimps, but Team America and its fans have brought a decidedly militarist mindset to the World Cup.
Jun 20, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin and John Cox
The Rockies Pitch Religion The Rockies Pitch Religion
The Colorado Rockies recruit Christian players and claim God is at work on their game. Major League Baseball woos evangelicals with special "Faith Days at the Park." Something's go...
Jun 2, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin
Ricky Williams Dreams of Canada Ricky Williams Dreams of Canada
Former Heisman trophy winner and ganja-smoking peacenik Ricky Williams is contemplating the sweet life in the Canadian Football League. Here's hoping he finds it.
May 26, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Using Soccer to Kick Iran Using Soccer to Kick Iran
To World Cup aficionados, soccer is a beautiful game, but to ideologues in the United States and Europe, it's a convenient political weapon against Iran's nuclear ambitions. Talk a...
May 16, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin and John Cox
This Bud’s Not for the World Cup This Bud’s Not for the World Cup
Soccer fans in Germany struck a blow against US corporate blandness by turning up their noses at the notion that Budweiser is the official beer of the games.
May 15, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Bonding With the Babe Bonding With the Babe
Bashing Barry Bonds has become a national sport, as the flawed slugger nears matching Babe Ruth's record. But hasn't anyone considered the faults of the Babe?
May 8, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin
Sacrifice Play Sacrifice Play
By selecting George Mitchell to head a steroids inquiry, Major League Baseball keeps the focus strictly on players, not on the owners who silently encourage abuse.
Apr 27, 2006 / Dave Zirin