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Znet Article Zirin: The Recusal: Roger Goodell Just Had a Great Fall

Znet Article, October, 25 2012 Dave Zirin
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Goodell's recusal is a victory for the non-1%-ers that that are glued to the sport

Znet Article Zirin: Meet the Lockout Lawyers Destroying Sports

Znet Article, October, 17 2012 Dave Zirin
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Currently the sports world is suffering its fourth lockout in the past fourteen months

Znet Article Zirin: Smartest Or Dumbest Tweet Ever?

Znet Article, October, 11 2012 Dave Zirin
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An online comment by Ohio State football player Cardale Jones exposes the hypocrisy at the heart of the NCAA's attitude toward "student-athletes."

Znet Article Zirin: Palestinian Soccer Player Mahmoud Sarsak Won't Play FC Barcelona's Game

Znet Article, October, 05 2012 Dave Zirin
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“His slogan is the gun, whereas mine is football, whose message is love and peace. For this reason I will refuse.”

Znet Article Zirin: NFL Scab Referees and the Return of TV Bloopers

Znet Article, September, 27 2012 Dave Zirin
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The National Football League owners, in their infinite greed, have returned the blooper show with the weekly hi-jinks of its stumbling, bumbling, scab referees

Znet Article Zirin: Letter From Rio: Save Armando's House From the Olympics

Znet Article, September, 23 2012 Dave Zirin
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You can’t understand what the 2016 Olympics are going to do to Rio de Janeiro, unless you understand what went into building Armando’s house

Znet Article Zirin: Chris Kluwe and the Greatest Political Statement by Any Athlete Ever

Znet Article, September, 11 2012 Dave Zirin
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Speaking out always holds the risk of a backlash: especially for pro athletes and especially when standing up for LGBT equality

Znet Article Zirin: Gold Medalist Gabby Douglas Speaks Out, Is Smacked Down

Znet Article, September, 05 2012 Dave Zirin
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Generations of black athletes have learned that speaking out about racism is the fastest route to commercial obsolescence

Znet Article Zirin: Why are the NFL Refs Locked Out? It's All in the Game

Znet Article, August, 30 2012 Dave Zirin
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The only way to understand why there is a lockout of NFL Referees is to understand who is doing the locking out

Znet Article Zirin: Damien Hooper: The Sanctioning of an Anti-Racist Olympic Rebel

Znet Article, August, 05 2012 Dave Zirin
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The Aboriginal Flag is recognized as an official Australian flag, but it’s not recognized by the International Olympic Committee

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

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

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

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

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

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