Growing up, I waited for Thursdays the way the other kids in school yearned for Friday. On Thursdays I knew Sports Illustrated would be waiting for me in the mail. I’d snatch every copy as…
Posts published by “Dave Zirin”
When you write for a living, you invariably pen obituaries in advance so they are ready to be published as soon as the death knell of the famous is sounded. I could never do that…
Kevin Durant has made the decision to create a superteam by joining the 73-9 Golden State Warriors. Going to the best possible workplace to achieve the greatest success would be a no-brainer in any other…
When I was doing my book tour for Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love, I always had a joke in my back pocket about Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis that never…
Just as Guantanamo Bay detention centers and military tribunals have remained in place, the perjury witch hunt trial of Major League Baseball’s home run king, Barry Lamar Bonds, continued unabated and has now reached a predictably ugly conclusion.
“A theater of the absurd.” This is how Rep. Tom Lantos described Thursday’s “steroid hearings” on Capital Hill. The description is apt. Viewers, as CSPAN and ESPN joined forces, witnessed hearings as pointless as they…
There's nothing left but the autopsy and it doesn't take William Peterson — or even David Caruso — to decipher who killed the National Hockey League. The season is cancelled. The accusations are flying. But…