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Zirin: Caster Semenya Aint 8 Feet Tall
Znet Article, August, 26 2009
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If you aspire to be a star woman athlete but have no aspirations to appear in Playboy's Women of the Olympics issue, you are far better off being from South Africa than the United States. The Western media's handling of the story of Caster Semenya...
Zirin: Caster Semenya and the Idiocy of Sex Testing
Znet Article, August, 22 2009
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World-class South African athlete Caster Semenya, age 18, won the 800 meters in the International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships on August 19. But her victory was all the more remarkable in that she was forced to run amid...
Zirin: McNabb, Eagles Give Vick Second Chance. Will Philly Fans?
Znet Article, August, 15 2009
Dave Zirin
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When a high school football star named Michael Vick visited Syracuse University, he was hosted by the big man on campus, quarterback Donovan McNabb. Today, McNabb is once again going to be hosting Vick and Vick will need his old friend to steer hi...
Zirin: Boxing's Month From Hell
Znet Article, August, 13 2009
Dave Zirin
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This July, all the boxing news of note has been in the obituaries. Death has visited the sport like a plague, shocking even the most callous observers.
Zirin: The Paulsons' Edifice Complex
Znet Article, August, 06 2009
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For Henry Paulson and his son Merritt, the taxpayers of Portland, Oregon, must look like geese with an infinite supply of golden eggs.
Zirin: Sexism on Centre Court
Znet Article, July, 09 2009
Dave Zirin
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On Saturday, at Wimbledon's Centre Court, Serena and Venus Williams extended their generational dominance of women's tennis in electric fashion. They went head to head for the twenty-first time and Serena took an 11-10 lead in their sibling rivalr...
Zirin: Who will break the glass closet?
Znet Article, July, 01 2009
Dave Zirin
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As the movement for marriage equality and gay liberation gains momentum, we should peer with heightened expectation toward the world of sports. Yes, sports. Every movement for civil rights over the past century has seen the struggle for equality r...
Zirin: Iran: It Aint a Soccer Riot
Znet Article, June, 16 2009
Dave Zirin
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Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has compared the protests following his country's recent sham election to the common scuffles that take place after a soccer game...
Zirin: Sotomayor is a Sporting Judge
Znet Article, May, 30 2009
Dave Zirin
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Reporters, pundits and conservative think tanks are picking through every last detail of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's professional life. But let the other journalists, bloggers and assorted trolls attempt to divine her views on abortion...
Zirin: The Problem with New Orleans Getting the Bowl
Znet Article, May, 24 2009
Dave Zirin
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Only in New Orleans could this be classified as "a return to normalcy." The Crescent City, torn asunder by Hurricane Katrina, stamped by federal neglect and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's neoliberal experimentaion, will once again collide with ...
Zirin: Home Runs and Hypocrisy: The Shaming of Manny Ramirez
Znet Article, May, 09 2009
Dave Zirin
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You would think that Manny Ramirez was caught fighting pit bulls alongside Martha Stewart.
Zirin: The Meaning of Michigan State
Znet Article, April, 07 2009
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Monday night, in front of 72,922 people at Detroit's Ford Field, the North Carolina Tar Heels fulfilled almost every preseason prognosis and became the NCAA men's basketball hoops champs. The Heels dominated this tournament, leading by double digi...
Zirin: Branded: Myles Brand and the Madness of March
Znet Article, March, 29 2009
Dave Zirin
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There is nothing like March Madness. In your typical American workplace no event unites sports fans with non-sports fans quite like it. Every year, it's practically a rite of spring to find overheated business articles lamenting lost productivity,...
Zirin: Charles Barkley and the Fight for Immigrant Rights
Znet Article, March, 12 2009
Dave Zirin
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If you tuned into CNN last weekend, you may have seen a press conference with NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley and a plump, hatchet-faced lawman who calls himself "the toughest sheriff in America," Joe Arpaio. You may have caught Sheriff Joe maki...
Zirin: The US v. Barry Bonds
Znet Article, February, 24 2009
Dave Zirin
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This is a story about garbage. There's the actual garbage overzealous federal investigators examined in their efforts to prosecute a surly sports celebrity. There's the shredding of the Bill of Rights, crudely ignored by the government in the name...
Zirin: Obama’s Unfortunate Hoop Dreams (or schooling Arne Duncan)
Znet Article, February, 19 2009
Dave Zirin
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There is no doubt that when it comes to hoops, Duncan has game. The man stands six feet, five inches. He was an Academic All-American baller at Harvard University and played professionally in Australia for four years. Long before becoming "Chief ...
Zirin: A-Rod, Anabolic Agonist
Znet Article, February, 11 2009
Dave Zirin
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Should we pity Alex Rodriguez? The three-time MVP, owed $275 million over the next nine years, has been exposed as a steroid user, the latest in Major League Baseball's endless series of anabolic agonists. The creative minds at the New York Post s...
Zirin: All Hail the The Recession Bowl
Znet Article, February, 02 2009
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In the most jaw-dropping, gut-twisting, Super Bowl ever played, the Pittsburgh Steelers escaped by the skin of their gold and black unis, winning 27-23 over the Arizona Cardinals, with two lead changes in the last two minutes and thirty seconds. I...
Zirin: No Justice, No Play? Gaza Anger Overwhelms Hoops Contest
Znet Article, January, 11 2009
Dave Zirin
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We have officially entered uncharted waters. Never before in my years of reporting has a sports team been forced to abandon the field of play due to political protest from fans. Never before have fans become the central actors in turning a sportin...
Zirin: Breaking New Ground: Politics and Sports in 2008
Znet Article, January, 06 2009
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There will be more than a few articles proclaiming 2008 the greatest "sports year" in decades, if not ever. If the definition of sports is confined to professional sports played by men, then this hyperbolic statement could have a ring of truth. Ti...


