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==Career==
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'''Dave Zirin''' commentates on varied sports-related matters from a left-wing point-of-view. Zirin champions athletes and issues which might be overlooked by corporate sports media and addresses the tendency of the media to objectify and employ athletes as pawns in money-making efforts. He was once a guest contributor at '']''. He also writes a weekly column (which is also distributed through his website) and also frequently for ] magazine. His first book, ''What’s My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States'' (]) has entered its second printing.


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Zirin has taken his blend of sports and politics to the television program ]’s '']'' where he discussed steroid use in ] with ] and ]; ]’s '']'', and the ] Morning News in ]. He is also a monthly commentator for Canadian sports channel ].
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'''Dave Zirin''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|z|aɪ|r|ɪ|n}}; born 1974), is an American political sportswriter. He is the sports editor for '']'', a weekly ] magazine dedicated to politics and culture, and writes a blog named ''Edge of Sports: the weekly sports column by Dave Zirin''.<ref name="edgeofsports1">{{cite web |url=http://www.edgeofsports.com/products.html |author=Dave Zirin |title=Edge of Sports: the weekly sports column by Dave Zirin |publisher=Edge of Sports |date=2012-09-20 |access-date=2014-04-08 |archive-date=April 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405071619/http://www.edgeofsports.com/products.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of January 2022, he has authored eleven books.
He has also been on numerous radio programs including ]'s ''On the Real'' with ] and ], ''The ] Show'', '']'', ], ], ]’s ''The ] Show'', ]’s ''Hard Knock Radio'' and '']'', among others. He is also the Thursday morning sports host on ]’s “Wake Up Call with Deepa Fernandes”.


==Early life and education==
Zirin's new book is Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports, published by Haymarket Books in June 2007. He is working on “A People’s History of Sports,” a sports-related volume in the manner of ]'s ] series for ]. In addition to “What’s My Name, Fool?” for ], he has also published “The Muhammad Ali Handbook” for MQ Publications. Zirin is also the published children’s book author of “My Name is Erica Montoya de la Cruz” (RC Owen). In addition, he is working on a sports documentary with Barbara Kopple’s Cabin Creek films on sports and social movements in the United States.
Zirin was born in ].<ref name=BleacherRep> November 4, 2008</ref> He is of ] descent.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Philip|last= Eli|authorlink= |title= Is Dave Zirin The Most Important Sportswriter In America? |newspaper=]|date=March 7, 2018 |url=https://forward.com/culture/395699/is-dave-zirin-the-most-important-sportswriter-in-america/ |accessdate=|quote=As Zirin becomes evermore recognizable, he joins a rich tradition of Jewish sportswriters and commentators that includes Howard Cosell, Tony Kornheiser and Al Michaels. When I asked him about his Judaism, he told me that, more than anything, his sense of being Jewish is “a commitment to questioning what I’m told is true.” }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Dave |last=Zirin |authorlink= |title= Dave Zirin on Twitter |website=]|date=November 23, 2015 |url= https://twitter.com/EdgeofSports/status/668971440557957121 |accessdate=August 24, 2017|quote=If as a Jewish male, sportswriter I get bombarded by jackasses for saying Palestinians are human, can't imagine what Arab/Muslim folks get.}}</ref> He graduated from ] in ].<ref name=BleacherRep />


== Career ==
Zirin’s writing has been printed by ], ], ], ], Latinosports.com, ], The College Sporting News, basketball.com, ], The Black Sports Network, '']'', ''Dodgers Dugout'', ], ], '']'', War-Times, and The Afro-American.
Zirin was the host of the hosted by the Slate/] network. He also co-hosted "The Collision: Where Sports and Politics Collide on Pacifica Radio" with former NBA player ]. Zirin is a contributor to '']'', and has been a columnist for '']'', and '']''. He has been a guest on ]'s '']'' and '']''.<ref name="thenation1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thenation.com/authors/dave-zirin |title=Author Bios: Dave Zirin |date=April 2, 2010 |publisher=The Nation |access-date=2014-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edgeofsports.com/bio.html |author=Dave Zirin |title=Dave Zirin |publisher=Edge of Sports |date=2012-09-20 |access-date=2014-04-08 |archive-date=July 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705133504/http://www.edgeofsports.com/bio.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>


His first book, ''What’s My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States'' (]) has entered its third printing.<ref name="thenation1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edgeofsports.com/bio.html |author=Dave Zirin |title=Edge of Sports -> Bio |access-date=June 26, 2008 |archive-date=July 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705133504/http://www.edgeofsports.com/bio.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Barry Bonds Steroids Controversy==
Zirin maintains the opinion that the aggressive hatred toward the use of ] by ] is in large degree due to racism. In 2004 Zirin wrote “The greatest case for reasonable doubt lies in Bonds' very late career success. His unparalleled middle-aged majesty screams his innocence.” However, in an undated interview, Zirin claims “I never wrote that I "believe Bonds has never done steroids."” He continues: “unlike oh so many others, the man never actually failed a steroids test. Is there a ton of circumstantial evidence that the man juiced? Absolutely. But he is still the best player I've ever seen. The best player of what will go down as the anabolic era.” Zirin claims that, rather than steroid use, “much of the reaction to Bonds is simply bad old-fashioned racism”


Zirin has published ''Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports'', and ''A People’s History of Sports in the United States'', a sports-related volume in the manner of ]'s '']'' series for ].<ref name="thenation1"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Altman |first=Alex |url=http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1843210,00.html |title=A People's History of Sports |publisher=] |date=2008-09-22 |access-date=2014-04-08}}</ref> In addition to “What’s My Name, Fool?”, he has also published “The Muhammad Ali Handbook” for MQ Publications.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edgeofsports.com/products.html |author=Dave Zirin |title=The Books |publisher=Edge of Sports |date=2012-09-20 |access-date=2014-04-08 |archive-date=April 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405071619/http://www.edgeofsports.com/products.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Zirin is also the published children's book author of “My Name is Erica Montoya de la Cruz” (]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-name-is-erica-montoya-de-la-cruz-david-zirin/1007696774?ean=9781572747326 |author=David Zirin |title=My Name Is Erica Montoya de la Cruz |publisher=Barnes & Noble |access-date=2014-04-08}}</ref> "A People's History of Sports" forms the basis of a documentary co-written and narrated by Zirin called ''Not Just A Game: Power, Politics and American Sports'', produced by the ].<ref name="edgeofsports2">{{cite web |url=http://www.edgeofsports.com/products.html |author=Dave Zirin |title=Edge of Sports |publisher=Edge of Sports |date=2012-09-20 |access-date=2014-04-08 |archive-date=April 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405071619/http://www.edgeofsports.com/products.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Articles and Interviews Concerning Bonds:


Zirin is the co-author with ] of ''The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World'' (], 2011).<ref name="edgeofsports2"/>
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He writes a blog named ''Edge of Sports: the weekly sports column by Dave Zirin''.<ref name="edgeofsports1"/>
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== Political views ==
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Zirin has repeatedly called for boycotts of certain teams, states, or nations for political reasons.

===Call for boycott of Arizona===
On April 27, 2010, writing for '']'', Zirin called for a boycott against sports teams from Arizona, in particular the ], to protest the ], the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/apr/27/arizona-immigration-boycott-diamondbacks |author=Dave Zirin |title=Arizona: Boycott the Diamondbacks |publisher=Guardian |date= April 27, 2010|access-date=2014-04-08 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Kwan |title=Here Comes Los Suns: Dave Zirin on Sports and Resistance|url=http://www.radioproject.org/2010/07/here-come-los-suns-dave-zirin-on-sports-and-resistance/|newspaper=Making Contact|date=July 27, 2010|agency=]}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=April 2014}} He expressed support during the 2010 NBA Playoffs for the ], who went by "Los Suns" as a statement against the Arizona immigration law.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-zirin/los-suns-also-rise-phoeni_b_565872.html |author=Dave Zirin |title=Dave Zirin: Los Suns Also Rise: Phoenix Suns Win in More Ways Than One |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date=2010-05-06 |access-date=2014-04-08}}</ref>

===Support of boycotts of Israel===
On June 2, 2010, writing for '']'', Zirin justified the decision of the Turkish U-19 soccer team to boycott a match against Israel. He described the ] as an act of ] committed by the Israeli government and proposed a boycott of Israel.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dave Zirin |url=http://www.thenation.com/blog/flotilla-fallout-are-teams-right-refuse-play-israel |title=Are Teams Right to Refuse to Play Israel |publisher=Thenation.com |date=2010-06-02 |access-date=2014-04-08}}</ref>

===Criticism of Hank Williams, Jr.===
On October 6, 2011, during a live interview conducted on the sports cable television network ], Zirin referred to ] as ] and ] after Williams, the writer and singer of ESPN's then-] theme song, made a political statement comparing ] US President ] to ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/7066449/espn-hank-williams-jr-theme-song-return-monday-night-football |title=ESPN, Hank Williams Jr. part ways |publisher=Espn.go.com |date=2011-10-06 |access-date=2014-04-08}}</ref>

===Defense of Barry Bonds===
In an undated interview, Zirin said, I never wrote that I 'believe Bonds has never done steroids.'" He continued: "unlike oh so many others, the man never actually failed a steroids test. Is there a ton of circumstantial evidence that the man juiced? Absolutely. But he is still the best player I've ever seen. The best player of what will go down as the anabolic era."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armchairgm.com/index.php?title=No_Softballs:_Dave_Zirin|title=No Softballs: Dave Zirin|access-date=June 26, 2008|author=Dan Lewis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112233817/http://www.armchairgm.com/index.php?title=No_Softballs%3A_Dave_Zirin|archive-date=November 12, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=April 2014}} Zirin said that, rather than steroid use, "much of the reaction to Bonds is simply bad old-fashioned racism".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edgeofsports.com/2007-06-19-264/index.html |title=THE UNFORGIVEN: Jack Johnson and Barry Bonds |access-date=June 26, 2008 |author=Dave Zirin |publisher=Edge of Sports |archive-date=July 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705133736/http://www.edgeofsports.com/2007-06-19-264/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Bibliography==
*''What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States'', Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2005. | {{ISBN|978-1-931859-20-2}}
*''Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports'', Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2007. | {{ISBN|978-1-931859-41-7}}
*''Muhammad Ali Handbook'', Chicago: MB Press, 2007. | {{ISBN|978-1-84601-155-9}}
*''A People's History of Sports In The United States", The New Press, 2008. | {{ISBN|978-1-59558-100-6}}
*''Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love'', New York: Scribner Books, 2010. | {{ISBN|978-1-4165-5475-2}}
*''The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World'', Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2011. | {{ISBN|978-1-60846-127-1}}
*''Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down'', The New Press. 2013. | {{ISBN|978-1-59558-815-9}}
*''Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy'', Haymarket Books. 2014. {{ISBN|9781608463602}}
*''Things That Make White People Uncomfortable'' Hardcover – Apr 13 2018
*''Jim Brown: Last Man Standing'' Hardcover – May 15, 2018
*''The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World''—September 14, 2021 - Hardcover

===Movies in DVD format===
* ''Not Just a Game – Power, Politics & American Sports'', Media Education Foundation, 62-minutes, 2011 | {{ISBN|978-1-932869-50-7}}
* ''Race, Power & American Sports'', Featuring Dave Zirin, Media Education Foundation, 45-minutes, 2013 | {{ISBN|978-1-932869-76-7}}

== References ==
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American sports journalist

Dave Zirin
Born1974 (age 49–50)
EducationMacalester College (BA)
OccupationSports journalism
Notable credit(s)The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World
A People's History of Sports in the United States
Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports
Websiteedgeofsports.com

Dave Zirin (/ˈzaɪrɪn/; born 1974), is an American political sportswriter. He is the sports editor for The Nation, a weekly progressive magazine dedicated to politics and culture, and writes a blog named Edge of Sports: the weekly sports column by Dave Zirin. As of January 2022, he has authored eleven books.

Early life and education

Zirin was born in New York City. He is of Jewish descent. He graduated from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Career

Zirin was the host of the Edge of Sports Podcast, hosted by the Slate/Panoply network. He also co-hosted "The Collision: Where Sports and Politics Collide on Pacifica Radio" with former NBA player Etan Thomas. Zirin is a contributor to The Nation, and has been a columnist for SLAM Magazine, and The Progressive. He has been a guest on ESPN's Outside The Lines and Democracy Now!.

His first book, What’s My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States (Haymarket Books) has entered its third printing.

Zirin has published Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports, and A People’s History of Sports in the United States, a sports-related volume in the manner of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States series for The New Press. In addition to “What’s My Name, Fool?”, he has also published “The Muhammad Ali Handbook” for MQ Publications. Zirin is also the published children's book author of “My Name is Erica Montoya de la Cruz” (RC Owen). "A People's History of Sports" forms the basis of a documentary co-written and narrated by Zirin called Not Just A Game: Power, Politics and American Sports, produced by the Media Education Foundation.

Zirin is the co-author with John Carlos of The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World (Haymarket Books, 2011).

He writes a blog named Edge of Sports: the weekly sports column by Dave Zirin.

Political views

Zirin has repeatedly called for boycotts of certain teams, states, or nations for political reasons.

Call for boycott of Arizona

On April 27, 2010, writing for The Guardian, Zirin called for a boycott against sports teams from Arizona, in particular the Diamondbacks, to protest the Arizona SB 1070, the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act. He expressed support during the 2010 NBA Playoffs for the Phoenix Suns, who went by "Los Suns" as a statement against the Arizona immigration law.

Support of boycotts of Israel

On June 2, 2010, writing for The Nation, Zirin justified the decision of the Turkish U-19 soccer team to boycott a match against Israel. He described the Gaza flotilla raid as an act of state terror committed by the Israeli government and proposed a boycott of Israel.

Criticism of Hank Williams, Jr.

On October 6, 2011, during a live interview conducted on the sports cable television network ESPN, Zirin referred to Hank Williams, Jr. as racist and proslavery after Williams, the writer and singer of ESPN's then-Monday Night Football theme song, made a political statement comparing multiracial US President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler.

Defense of Barry Bonds

In an undated interview, Zirin said, I never wrote that I 'believe Bonds has never done steroids.'" He continued: "unlike oh so many others, the man never actually failed a steroids test. Is there a ton of circumstantial evidence that the man juiced? Absolutely. But he is still the best player I've ever seen. The best player of what will go down as the anabolic era." Zirin said that, rather than steroid use, "much of the reaction to Bonds is simply bad old-fashioned racism".

Bibliography

  • What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States, Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2005. | ISBN 978-1-931859-20-2
  • Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports, Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2007. | ISBN 978-1-931859-41-7
  • Muhammad Ali Handbook, Chicago: MB Press, 2007. | ISBN 978-1-84601-155-9
  • A People's History of Sports In The United States", The New Press, 2008. | ISBN 978-1-59558-100-6
  • Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love, New York: Scribner Books, 2010. | ISBN 978-1-4165-5475-2
  • The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World, Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2011. | ISBN 978-1-60846-127-1
  • Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down, The New Press. 2013. | ISBN 978-1-59558-815-9
  • Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy, Haymarket Books. 2014. ISBN 9781608463602
  • Things That Make White People Uncomfortable Hardcover – Apr 13 2018
  • Jim Brown: Last Man Standing Hardcover – May 15, 2018
  • The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World—September 14, 2021 - Hardcover

Movies in DVD format

  • Not Just a Game – Power, Politics & American Sports, Media Education Foundation, 62-minutes, 2011 | ISBN 978-1-932869-50-7
  • Race, Power & American Sports, Featuring Dave Zirin, Media Education Foundation, 45-minutes, 2013 | ISBN 978-1-932869-76-7

References

  1. ^ Dave Zirin (September 20, 2012). "Edge of Sports: the weekly sports column by Dave Zirin". Edge of Sports. Archived from the original on April 5, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  2. ^ Bleacher Report: "The B/R Interview: Dave Zirin" by Max Tcheyan" November 4, 2008
  3. Eli, Philip (March 7, 2018). "Is Dave Zirin The Most Important Sportswriter In America?". The Forward. As Zirin becomes evermore recognizable, he joins a rich tradition of Jewish sportswriters and commentators that includes Howard Cosell, Tony Kornheiser and Al Michaels. When I asked him about his Judaism, he told me that, more than anything, his sense of being Jewish is "a commitment to questioning what I'm told is true."
  4. Zirin, Dave (November 23, 2015). "Dave Zirin on Twitter". Twitter.com. Retrieved August 24, 2017. If as a Jewish male, sportswriter I get bombarded by jackasses for saying Palestinians are human, can't imagine what Arab/Muslim folks get.
  5. ^ "Author Bios: Dave Zirin". The Nation. April 2, 2010. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  6. Dave Zirin (September 20, 2012). "Dave Zirin". Edge of Sports. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  7. Dave Zirin. "Edge of Sports -> Bio". Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved June 26, 2008.
  8. Altman, Alex (September 22, 2008). "A People's History of Sports". Time. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  9. Dave Zirin (September 20, 2012). "The Books". Edge of Sports. Archived from the original on April 5, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  10. David Zirin. "My Name Is Erica Montoya de la Cruz". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  11. ^ Dave Zirin (September 20, 2012). "Edge of Sports". Edge of Sports. Archived from the original on April 5, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  12. Dave Zirin (April 27, 2010). "Arizona: Boycott the Diamondbacks". London: Guardian. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  13. Kwan (July 27, 2010). "Here Comes Los Suns: Dave Zirin on Sports and Resistance". Making Contact. National Radio Project.
  14. Dave Zirin (May 6, 2010). "Dave Zirin: Los Suns Also Rise: Phoenix Suns Win in More Ways Than One". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  15. Dave Zirin (June 2, 2010). "Are Teams Right to Refuse to Play Israel". Thenation.com. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  16. "ESPN, Hank Williams Jr. part ways". Espn.go.com. October 6, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  17. Dan Lewis. "No Softballs: Dave Zirin". Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. Retrieved June 26, 2008.
  18. Dave Zirin. "THE UNFORGIVEN: Jack Johnson and Barry Bonds". Edge of Sports. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved June 26, 2008.

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