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| Dave Zirin |
'''Dave Zirin''' commentates on varied sports-related matters from a progressive 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 is both a columnist for '']'' and a regular contributor at '']''. He also writes a weekly column (which is also distributed through his website) for the '']'', where he is sports editor. His first book, ''What’s My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States'' (]) has entered its second printing. | ||
| Zirin has taken his blend of sports and politics to many television programs including ]’s '']'' where he discussed steroid use in ] with ] and ]; ]’s '']'', and the ] Morning News in ]. He is also a weekly commentator for Canadian sports channel ]. | |||
| Zirin's new book "Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports" (with a foreword by the immortal Chuck D.) has already been called by Bob Lipsyte, "the sports primer for our time." Sports Illustrated wrote that Terrordome is "a provocative, sometimes chilling, look at sports and society right now." | |||
| ⚫ | 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”. | ||
| His first book "What's My Name, Fool?" Sports and Resistance in the United States" (Haymarket Books) has entered its second printing and is available in stores and at haymarketbooks.org. | |||
| Zirin is working on “A People’s History of Sports,” a sports-related volume in the manner of ]'s ] series for ]. He is also writing his follow up to “What’s My Name, Fool?” for ], and hard at work on “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. | |||
| He is also the author of "The Muhammad Ali Handbook", publlished for MQ Publications. | |||
| He is a weekly television commentator for The Score, Canada's number one 24-hour sports network. | |||
| Zirin has brought his blend of sports and politics to multiple television programs including ESPN's Outside the Lines, ESPN Classic, the BBC's Extratime, CNBC's The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch (debating steroids with Jose Canseco and John Rocker), C-SPAN's BookTV, the WNBC Morning News in New York City; and Democracy Now with Amy Goodman. | |||
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| He is also the Thursday morning sports voice on WBAI's award winning "Wake Up Call with Deepa Fernandes." | |||
| Zirin is also working on "A People's History of Sports," part of Howard Zinn's People's History series for the New Press. In addition he just signed to do a book with Scribner (Simon & Schuster.) | |||
| Zirin is the author of a children's book called "My Name is Erica Montoya de la Cruz" (RC Owen). | |||
| He is working on a sports documentary with Barbara Kopple's Cabin Creek films on sports and social movements in the United States. | |||
| Zirin's writing has also appeared in New York Newsday, the Baltimore Sun, CBSNEWS.com, The Pittsburgh Courier, The Source, and numerous other publications. | |||
| 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. | |||
| ==Barry Bonds Steroids Controversy== | ==Barry Bonds Steroids Controversy== | ||
| Zirin maintains the opinion that |
Zirin maintains the opinion that the aggressive hatred toward the alleged use of ] by ] is mainly due to racism. Zirin is also one of the few sportswriters who honestly believes Bonds has never done steroids. | ||
| ==References and notes== | ==References and notes== | ||
Revision as of 17:22, 30 June 2007
Career
Dave Zirin commentates on varied sports-related matters from a progressive 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 is both a columnist for SLAM Magazine and a regular contributor at The Nation. He also writes a weekly column (which is also distributed through his website) for the Prince George's Post, where he is sports editor. His first book, What’s My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States (Haymarket Books) has entered its second printing.
Zirin has taken his blend of sports and politics to many television programs including CNBC’s The Big Idea with Donny Deutch where he discussed steroid use in baseball with John Rocker and José Canseco; C-SPAN’s Book TV, and the WNBC Morning News in New York City. He is also a weekly commentator for Canadian sports channel The Score.
He has also been on numerous radio programs including Air America Radio's On the Real with Chuck D and Gia’na Garel, The Laura Flanders Show, Radio Nation, ESPN Radio, Stars and Stripes Radio, WOL’s The Joe Madison Show, Pacifica Radio’s Hard Knock Radio and Democracy Now, among others. He is also the Thursday morning sports host on WBAI’s “Wake Up Call with Deepa Fernandes”.
Zirin is working on “A People’s History of Sports,” a sports-related volume in the manner of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States series for The New Press. He is also writing his follow up to “What’s My Name, Fool?” for Haymarket Books, and hard at work on “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’s writing has been printed by The Los Angeles Times, CBSNEWS.com, Pittsburgh Courier, The Source, Latinosports.com, Common Dreams, The College Sporting News, basketball.com, Alternet, The Black Sports Network, Counterpunch, Dodgers Dugout, San Francisco Bay View, Z net, International Socialist Review, War-Times, and The Afro-American.
Barry Bonds Steroids Controversy
Zirin maintains the opinion that the aggressive hatred toward the alleged use of steroids by Barry Bonds is mainly due to racism. Zirin is also one of the few sportswriters who honestly believes Bonds has never done steroids.