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| ==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| Dave Zirin, Press Action's 2005 and 2006 Sportswriter of the Year, has been called "an icon in the world of progressive sports". Robert Lipsyte says he is "the best young sportswriter in the United States." He is both a columnist for SLAM Magazine, a regular contributor to the Nation Magazine, and a regular op-ed writer for the Los Angeles Times. | |||
| 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." | |||
| 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 ]. | |||
| 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. | |||
| ⚫ | He has also been on numerous radio programs including |
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| He is also the author of "The Muhammad Ali Handbook", publlished for MQ Publications. | |||
| 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 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. | |||
| ⚫ | He has also been on numerous national radio programs including National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation; Air America and XM Radio's On the Real' with Chuck D and Gia'na Garel; The Laura Flanders Show, Radio Nation with Marc Cooper; ESPN radio; Stars and Stripes Radio; WOL's The Joe Madison Show; Pacifica's Hard Knock Radio, and many others. | ||
| 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== | ||
Revision as of 16:58, 30 June 2007
Career
Dave Zirin, Press Action's 2005 and 2006 Sportswriter of the Year, has been called "an icon in the world of progressive sports". Robert Lipsyte says he is "the best young sportswriter in the United States." He is both a columnist for SLAM Magazine, a regular contributor to the Nation Magazine, and a regular op-ed writer for the Los Angeles Times.
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."
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.
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.
He has also been on numerous national radio programs including National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation; Air America and XM Radio's On the Real' with Chuck D and Gia'na Garel; The Laura Flanders Show, Radio Nation with Marc Cooper; ESPN radio; Stars and Stripes Radio; WOL's The Joe Madison Show; Pacifica's Hard Knock Radio, and many others.
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.
Barry Bonds Steroids Controversy
Zirin maintains the opinion that antagonism toward Barry Bonds is somewhat due to racism and ignorance.