Dave Zirin

Dave Zirin, Jules Boykoff The real Olympic heroes were the athletes who stood up for each other—and against Trump. The post The Ugly Underbelly of the US Hockey Victory appeared first on The N...

Dave Zirin The basketball great once said he wanted to be like Muhammad Ali. He can’t do that and shrug off Israeli war crimes. The post Why LeBron James Ignores Genocide and Stands With Israe...

Dave Zirin The sports media is ignoring the story, but wealthy sports figures are all over the Epstein files. The post The NFL Owners and Olympic Organizers in Epstein’s Inbox appeared first o...

Dave Zirin The Puerto Rican artist’s performance was a gleeful rebuke of Trump’s death cult and a celebration of life. The post Bad Bunny’s Technicolor Halftime Stole the Super Bowl appeared f...

Jules Boykoff, Dave Zirin ICE thugs in the streets, Mafia meddling, and billions in waste—seems like the Games are off to a great start. The post Get Ready for This Year’s Undemocratic, Debt-R...

Dave Zirin As marauding state agents fill US streets, a leading German soccer official says countries should consider what was once unthinkable: skipping the 2026 World Cup. The post A Call Is...

Dave Zirin Dan Troccoli, a public middle-school teacher, says everyone should start “emulating” Minneapolis’s resistance to ICE and the Trump regime. The post A Minneapolis Teacher Wants the W...

Dave Zirin Last year, in the face of Trump’s authoritarianism, the sports industry remained quiet. Now with the killing Renee Good, it may be waking up to the dangers of this administration. T...

Dave Zirin When the country needed them to speak out, most athletes kept mum—and a few openly embraced embraced Trumpism. The post In a Year of Violent Tumult, the Sports World Was Silent appe...

Dave Zirin The dead have one use to these people: They exist to justify Israel’s conquest of Gaza and the Palestinian blood that now will surely be shed. Facts be damned. The post Don’t Listen...

Dave Zirin West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey is inventing reasons for the National Guard to occupy Washington, DC. We cannot let his outrageous fabrications take hold. The post After the...