Male Fraud: What we’re missing at Rutgers |
By Dave ZirinThey've won 10 straight games and are fifth in the nation with a 15-2 record. They play basketball with a fluid grace and are coached by someone considered a "legend." And yet I'll wager ...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:21:00 GMT |
Butts on Parade: Clemens meets Wallace |
By Dave Zirin"The higher you get up on the flagpole, the more your butt shows."Roger Clemens on 60 Minutes 1/6/07And not since J-Lo's heyday - or maybe Brad Pitt's rear appearance in Thelma and Louis...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:39:00 GMT |
Sports Resolutions |
by Dave ZirinIn the Big Lebowski, John Goodman's character, Walter Sobchak, says: "You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me." I recalled the genius of Goodman when my editor here at SI.com aske...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 07:22:00 GMT |
And Still We Weep: The Death of Sean Taylor |
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/dave_zirin/11/
27/taylor.react/index.htmlAnd Still We Weep: The Death of Sean TaylorBy Dave ZirinYoung and old, in burgundy and gold, they have gathered in...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:50:00 GMT |
Indicted! Barry Bonds Busted by a Broken System |
By Dave ZirinBarry Lamar Bonds faces thirty years in prison because the Department of Justice is a corroded husk of political decay. The baseball Home Run King has now been officially indicted on perj...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:14:00 GMT |
The Fall of Marion Jones, Inc |
This article can be found on the web at http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071029/zirinby Dave ZirinWhen it comes to cynicism, sports fans probably rank somewhere between politicians and mob lawyers. They...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:36:00 GMT |
Soldier in Winter: John Carlos speaks out on the Jena 6 |
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/dave_zirin/09/
27/carlos/index.htmlby Dave ZirinWhen 50,000 people -- many young, many poor, overwhelmingly African-American -- marched in Jena, La., last ...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:48:00 GMT |
It Ain’t Easy Being Green: Notre Dame and the Economy of Sports |
By Dave ZirinThere's an old cliche that the most popular college football team in the United States is whoever plays Notre Dame. Like the Yankees of New York and the Blue Devils of Duke, fans of the F...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:09:00 GMT |
No Outsiders in Jena By Etan Thomas and Dave Zirin |
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/etan-thomas-and-dave-zirin/rac
ism-hatred-and-southe_b_64160.html "Outsiders need to stay away." That's what Billy Fowler of the school board in Jena, Louisiana, ...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:31:00 GMT |
Cleaning up After the Orioles |
by Dave ZirinFinally something newsworthy is happening at Camden Yards in September. No, it's not the Baltimore Orioles limping toward another lackluster finish at their ornate ballpark, famous for se...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:39:00 GMT |
