Sports

The Odd Couple The Odd Couple

In Sound and Fury, sportswriter Dave Kindred examines the intersecting lives of Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell.

Apr 6, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Gene Seymour

A Whole New Ball Game A Whole New Ball Game

Major League Baseball owners may gripe, but the World Baseball Classic provides a glimpse of an alternative future for our national pastime.

Mar 15, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin

Olympic Swagger Olympic Swagger

Swagger was America's chosen posture at the Winter Olympics. Once again, sport imitated life: boasting got us nowhere at the Turin games or in the world.

Feb 28, 2006 / Feature / William Greider

The Olympics We Missed The Olympics We Missed

The Winter Olympics are to NBC what icebergs were to the Titanic. Jingoistic, condescending coverage missed the real drama.

Feb 22, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin

The Value of a Number The Value of a Number

Racial tensions between black and Latino players have been exposed in the ongoing controversy over how to honor Roberto Clemente.

Feb 6, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin

The Slave Side of Sunday The Slave Side of Sunday

On the eve of the Super Bowl, former cornerback Anthony Prior raises hot-button allegations of racism in the National Football League.

Jan 20, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin

A History of Violence A History of Violence

Munich is a first-rate spy thriller featuring an assassin who reveals his soul. Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain gives two extraordinary actors time and space to develop a rare emotion...

Dec 20, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Silencing of Carlos Delgado The Silencing of Carlos Delgado

The New York Mets' squelching of first baseman Carlos Delgado's longstanding protest of the war in Iraq during the seventh-inning stretch speaks volumes about how the rules of the ...

Dec 7, 2005 / Feature / Dave Zirin

The Fight to Save Stanley Tookie Williams The Fight to Save Stanley Tookie Williams

As the clock ticks down to former gang leader Stanley Tookie Williiams's scheduled execution on December 13, football great Jim Brown is helping lead the fight to convince Governor...

Nov 29, 2005 / Feature / Dave Zirin

The Champ Meets the Chump The Champ Meets the Chump

When George W. Bush met Muhammad Ali at the White House last week, the Champ had one last rope-a-dope up his sleeve. You don't have to guess who won this match.

Nov 18, 2005 / Feature / Dave Zirin

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