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Dave Zirin BiographyNamed one of UTNE Reader’s “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World,” Dave Zirin writes about the politics of sports for the Nation Magazine. He is their first sports writer in 150 years of existence. Winner of Sport in Society and Northeastern University School of Journalism's "Excellence in Sports Journalism" Award, Zirin is also the host of Sirius XM Radio’s popular weekly show, "Edge of Sports Radio." He has been called “the best sportswriter in the United States” by Robert Lipsyte. Dave Zirin is, in addition, a columnist for SLAM Magazine and the Progressive.
His most recent book is the acclaimed "Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down" (The New Press.), which Christine Brennan of USA Today called "the perfect book for our time in sports." Sports Illustrated called the book “provocative,” writing, “It will make you think about what we're really seeing when we watch the games we love.”
Zirin is the co-author of the NAACP Image Award-nominated "The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment that Changed the World," published by Haymarket Books in September 2011.
In 2010, Zirin published "Bad Sports: How Owners are Ruining the Games We Love" (Scribner). "Shock Doctrine" author Naomi Klein called "Bad Sports" “an original and scathing look at how America works.”
Zirin is also the author of "A People’s History of Sports in the United States," part of Howard Zinn’s "People’s History Series" for the New Press. "A People’s History of Sports" forms the basis of a documentary co-written and narrated by Zirin called "Not Just A Game: Power, Politics and American Sports," produced by the Media Education Foundation. He has a second documentary produced with MEF called "Race, Power, and Politics in American Sports."
In addition he has written "Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports" (Haymarket Books), with a foreword by the immortal Chuck D. Sports Illustrated wrote that "Terrordome" is “a provocative, sometimes chilling, look at sports and society right now.” His first book, "What’s My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States" (Haymarket Books) has entered its third printing.
Zirin has brought his blend of sports and politics to multiple television programs including NBC’s "Last Call with Carson Daly," FX’s "Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell," ESPN’s "Outside the Lines," MSNBC’s "Morning Joe," ESPN Classic, CNN, MSNBC’s "The Rachel Maddow Show," Comcast Sports Network’s "Sports Talk Live," C-SPAN’s "BookTV," and "Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman." He has also been on numerous national radio programs from sports radio to National Public Radio’s "Tell Me More," "Talk of the Nation," and "All Things Considered."
Zirin has debated FOX Sports president Ed Goren on college football’s "Bowl Championship Series" for National Public Radio, Bridgestone Firestone President Dan Adomitis in the pages of the Los Angeles Times on whether his company should be the “official tire of the Super Bowl” while in court for using child labor in Liberia, and the issue of steroids in sports with Jose Canseco and John Rocker. His writing has also appeared in the New York Times, Vibe Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the New York Daily News, New York Newsday, the Baltimore Sun, the Pittsburgh Courier, The Source, and numerous other publications.
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We continue our conversation with Dave Zirin, author of the book "Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy," and ...
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Named one of UTNE Reader’s “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World,” Dave Zirin writes about the politics of sports for the Nation Magazine. He is their first sports writer in 150 years of existence. Winner of Sport in Society and Northeastern University School of Journalism's "Excellence in Sports Journalism" Award, Zirin is also the host of Sirius XM Radio’s popular weekly show, "Edge of Sports Radio." He has been called “the best sportswriter in the United States” by Robert Lipsyte. Dave Zirin is, in addition, a columnist for SLAM Magazine and the Progressive.
His most recent book is the acclaimed "Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down" (The New Press.), which Christine Brennan of USA Today called "the perfect book for our time in sports." Sports Illustrated called the book “provocative,” writing, “It will make you think about what we're really seeing when we watch the games we love.”
Zirin is the co-author of the NAACP Image Award-nominated "The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment that Changed the World," published by Haymarket Books in September 2011.
In 2010, Zirin published "Bad Sports: How Owners are Ruining the Games We Love" (Scribner). "Shock Doctrine" author Naomi Klein called "Bad Sports" “an original and scathing look at how America works.”
Zirin is also the author of "A People’s History of Sports in the United States," part of Howard Zinn’s "People’s History Series" for the New Press. "A People’s History of Sports" forms the basis of a documentary co-written and narrated by Zirin called "Not Just A Game: Power, Politics and American Sports," produced by the Media Education Foundation. He has a second documentary produced with MEF called "Race, Power, and Politics in American Sports."
In addition he has written "Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports" (Haymarket Books), with a foreword by the immortal Chuck D. Sports Illustrated wrote that "Terrordome" is “a provocative, sometimes chilling, look at sports and society right now.” His first book, "What’s My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States" (Haymarket Books) has entered its third printing.
Zirin has brought his blend of sports and politics to multiple television programs including NBC’s "Last Call with Carson Daly," FX’s "Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell," ESPN’s "Outside the Lines," MSNBC’s "Morning Joe," ESPN Classic, CNN, MSNBC’s "The Rachel Maddow Show," Comcast Sports Network’s "Sports Talk Live," C-SPAN’s "BookTV," and "Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman." He has also been on numerous national radio programs from sports radio to National Public Radio’s "Tell Me More," "Talk of the Nation," and "All Things Considered."
Zirin has debated FOX Sports president Ed Goren on college football’s "Bowl Championship Series" for National Public Radio, Bridgestone Firestone President Dan Adomitis in the pages of the Los Angeles Times on whether his company should be the “official tire of the Super Bowl” while in court for using child labor in Liberia, and the issue of steroids in sports with Jose Canseco and John Rocker. His writing has also appeared in the New York Times, Vibe Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the New York Daily News, New York Newsday, the Baltimore Sun, the Pittsburgh Courier, The Source, and numerous other publications.
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We are joined by Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation magazine, whose recent article is headlined "Ryan Lochte is One of Many Privileged First-World ...
We continue our conversation with Dave Zirin, author of the book "Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy," and ...
The uneasy confluence of sports and politics is featured in a new book by The Nation's Dave Zirin, called Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World ...
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