Shocked and Disappointed
Walmart’s sales are down because people are skimping on things like milk and food while Saks Fifth Avenue is selling lots of $1,000 handbags and $2,000 suits.
Free the College Football Market
College football pretends it’s about boola-boola, but it’s really all about ka-ching ka-ching.
Injustice Department
Using drugs to help you play a game better isn’t the equivalent of selling crack cocaine to a teenager.
Film: Not Just A Game; Power Politics and American Sports
Not Just A Game; People, Politics, and American Sports, the powerful new documentary based on Dave Zirin’s bestselling book A People’s History of Sports, argues that far from providing merely escapist entertainment, American sports have long need at the center of some of major political debates and struggles of our time. The result is as deeply moving as it is exhilarating: nothing less than an alternative history of political struggle in the United States as seen through the games its people have played.
The Big Score in this Year’s Super Bowl
The Packers aren’t the personal plaything of some rich family or profiteering corporate consortium.
All Women Deserve a Sporting Chance
The International Olympic Committee should put its money where its mouth is when it comes to women and sports.
Film: Not Just A Game; Power Politics and American Sports
Not Just A Game, the powerful new documentary based on Zirin’s bestselling book The People’s History of Sports, argues that far from providing merely escapist entertainment, American sports have long need at the center of some of major political debates and struggles of our time. The result is as deeply moving as it is exhilarating: nothing less than an alternative history of political struggle in the United States as seen through the games its people have played.
Remembering George Steinbrenner
His flaws far outweighed any public virtue he might have possessed.
Dave Zirin on ‘Bad Sports’
Even a diehard pro sports fan can appreciate the problems of the current team ownership system.
Remembering John Wooden
He was a deeply religious, non-swearing coach who saw to it that his players graduated.
Salon Event: Making Its Mark – South Africa and the 2010 FIFA World Cup
In June, the first coin of the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be tossed in host country, South Africa. Amidst the entire African continents’ excitement over its hosting debut, South Africa will once again make its mark as the midfielder of the seamless intersection of soccer fever and government and corporate accountability. Join labor, gender, peace and justice activists and true fans of the sport to make South Africa’s mark count. Midfielders, strikers, forwards and defenders: Let the games begin!
Baseball Boycott
Senator Menendez is urging Major League Baseball players to protest Arizona’s new immigration law.
Exploiting Athletes
Big-time college basketball is about to get even bigger.
College Basketball Graduation Rate Insanity
Too many colleges are putting big money sports over the education of their student-athletes.
College Basketball
College basketball leads to dismal graduation rates.