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Znet Article Zirin: Why the NCAA's Sanctions on Penn State Are Just Dead Wrong

Znet Article, July, 26 2012 Dave Zirin
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Today marked a stomach-turning, precedent-setting and lawless turning point in the history of the NCAA

Znet Article Zirin: The Shocking Truth About Joe Paterno, Penn State and Governor Tom Corbett

Znet Article, July, 13 2012 Dave Zirin
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The report constitutes a death blow to what was left of the reputation of the most successful, respected coach in the history of college football, Joe Paterno

Znet Article Zirin: Steve Nash to the Lakers: The Political Impact

Znet Article, July, 09 2012 Dave Zirin
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Will Steve Nash use the hyper-exalted platform of being a Laker to be loud and proud about the issues that matter to him

Commentary Zirin: Drew Brees, Union Power and the Big Payback

Commentary, July, 04 2012 Dave Zirin
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This is about ensuring that anyone who wants a union or is in a union can speak out in defense of their livelihood

Znet Article Zirin: Do You Know Your Enemy?

Znet Article, June, 13 2012 Dave Zirin
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Why we should all root for the Miami Heat to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder

Znet Article Zirin: After Forty-four Years, It's Time Brent Musburger Apologized to John Carlos and Tommie Smith

Znet Article, June, 06 2012 Dave Zirin
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When Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their black-gloved fists at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, they were scorched with scorn across the sports media landscape

Znet Article Zirin: Protests are Coming to the Olympic Games

Znet Article, May, 24 2012 Dave Zirin
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On Saturday, July 28, protesters will be gathering in London to just say no to the priorities imposed by these most corporate of Olympic Games

Commentary Zirin: "Drones, Missiles, and Gunships, Oh My!" Welcome to the 2012 London Olympics

Commentary, May, 16 2012 Dave Zirin
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Local police forces have just been given an inordinate number of new toys and the boxes have been opened, the receipts tossed away

Commentary Zirin: 20 Years Later: Want to Understand the '92 LA Riots? Start with the '84 LA Olympics

Commentary, May, 05 2012 Dave Zirin
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When the people have no voice, no community, and no power, their frustration is left no physical choice but to explode

Commentary Zirin: 25 Years Since Al Campanis Shocked Baseball: What's Changed and What's Stayed The Same

Commentary, April, 18 2012 Dave Zirin
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The Campanis lesson for Major League Baseball hasn’t been to take on racism in the sport, but find executives who can smile for the camera and talk a cat out of a tree

Znet Article Zirin: Ozzie Guillen, Free Speech and the Case of Loretta Capeheart

Znet Article, April, 13 2012 Dave Zirin
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The legal case of Northeastern Illinois University Professor Loretta Capeheart so critical for anyone who cares about freedom of speech

Commentary Zirin: Trayvon Martin’s Death, LeBron James and the Miami Heat

Commentary, March, 30 2012 Dave Zirin
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That’s the scary thing about choosing to give a damn. People will expect you to mean it

Znet Article Zirin: Jackie Robinson, Trayvon Martin and the Sad History of Sanford, Florida

Znet Article, March, 28 2012 Dave Zirin
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In cites and towns across the south, Jackie Robinson’s presence provoked challenges to power and real, meaningful change. In Sanford, change did not come that easily

Commentary Zirin: Beneath the Brackets: March Madness and the “Civil Rights Movement for Our Times”

Commentary, March, 13 2012 Dave Zirin
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In our perennial rite of spring, we are being bombarded with bracketology, Final Four predictions and the general hoops hysteria otherwise known as "March Madness

Znet Article Zirin: UK Labor Leader Threatens Strikes During the London Olympics

Znet Article, March, 05 2012 Dave Zirin
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If you listen closely, you can hear IOC officials wishing every Olympics could be held in China so dissenters can be rounded up and dealt with in efficient fashion

Znet Article Zirin: In Egypt: How a Tragic 'Soccer Riot' May Have Revived a Revolution

Znet Article, February, 15 2012 Dave Zirin
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The ultras have done nothing less than propel the Egyptian Revolution back into the Egyptian streets

Znet Article Zirin: The Heroes of Super Bowl Sunday

Znet Article, February, 07 2012 Dave Zirin
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Several hundred people gathered at the Indianapolis state house to stand up against the recent passage of the state's “right to work” legislation

Znet Article Zirin: Occupy the Super Bowl: Now More Than Just A Slogan

Znet Article, February, 03 2012 Dave Zirin
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The Super Bowl is perennially the Woodstock for the 1%: a Romney-esque cavalcade of private planes, private parties, and private security

Znet Article Zirin: A Super Bowl of Struggle? The NFLPA’s Demaurice Smith on opposing Indiana’s “Right to Work” agenda

Znet Article, January, 23 2012 Dave Zirin
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From a sports union, our union, understand the power of management and understand how much power management can wield over an individual person

Znet Article Zirin: Racism 101: Criminal Charges Considered After College Hoops Brawl

Znet Article, December, 15 2011 Dave Zirin
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There is a different reaction by the press, by a school’s administration and clearly by law enforcement when it’s young black men throwing the punches

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