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Zirin: Women’s Gymnastics: The Big Mac of the Beijing Games
Znet Article, August, 16 2008
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The Olympics and I have what you could call a conflicted relationship. There’s the beauty of the games, the enjoyment of sports that don’t normally make it onto the sports landscape. Then there’s that ugly pervasive undercurrent that can leave you...
Zirin: China’s Olympic Trials
Znet Article, August, 04 2008
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"Go Red for China!" was the slogan unveiled on the Chinese mainland by Pepsi-Cola, whose ubiquitous blue can will, "for a limited time," be red. Pepsi is just one of many companies advertising at the Olympics, at a cost of up to $6 billion, in an ...
Zirin: "Well, There You Go": Imus the Bigot Is Back
Znet Article, June, 27 2008
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Is Don Imus irredeemably stupid or just a run-of-the-mill racist? Perhaps the answer is both. On Monday, Imus's sports sidekick, Warner Wolf, was going over the incredibly long arrest history of football star Adam "Pacman" Jones and Imus just coul...
Zirin: The Over Exposure of Danica Patrick
Znet Article, June, 17 2008
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It has been quite a year for Danica Patrick. She became the first woman to win an Indy Car race, coming in first at the Indy Japan 300 on April 20. She also became the first race care driver to pose for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.
Zirin: Can Soccer Stop the Violence?
Znet Article, June, 10 2008
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The Boston Celtics have adopted the South African word ubuntu as a team slogan this season. It means unity, interconnectedness and literally, "we are who we are through others." There is a terrible irony that ubuntu is currently being embraced in ...
Zirin: Common Bond for Uncommon Men: Roberto Clemente and Martin Luther King
Znet Article, April, 08 2008
Dave Zirin
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As we remember the 40th anniversary of that dark day of April 4th 1968, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was gunned down in Memphis, it's worth recalling the reaction by Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star Roberto Clemente.
Zirin: Crackdown: China's Brutal Olympic Echo
Znet Article, March, 24 2008
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Even after decades of occupation, the ruthlessness of the crackdown has shocked much of the world...
Zirin: Why Today I Wear My Zidane Jersey
Znet Article, July, 11 2006
Dave Zirin
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Imagine Michael Jordan in his last game, with the score tied in overtime, knocking out his defender with a punch to the throat. Imagine Derek Jeter in game seven of the World Series, at bat with the bases loaded, thrashing the opposing team's c...
Zirin: Sneering at Redemption
Znet Article, December, 14 2005
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In the end, we can only assume the decision wasn't so "agonizing" after all. Last night Stan Tookie Williams was legally lynched by the state of California, at the behest of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger who denied Williams' appeal for clemency. ...
Zirin: Edge of Sports
Znet Article, July, 17 2005
Dave Zirin
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In High School, I was a 5' 10" inch center for the fearsome Friends Seminary Quakers in New York City. It wasn't pretty, but I lived for it and didn't care if the opposing center could spit on my head. I just loved sports. My walls were shrines to...
