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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.”<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.counterpunch.org/zirin03272004.html |title=Reasonable Doubt: Why Barry Bonds is Not on Steroids |author=Dave Zirin |date=2004-03-27 |accessdate=2008-06-26 |format= |work= }}</ref> 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.”<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armchairgm.com/index.php?title=No_Softballs:_Dave_Zirin |title=No Softballs: Dave Zirin |accessdate=2008-06-26 |author=Dan Lewis |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> Zirin claims 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 |accessdate=2008-06-26 |author=Dave Zirin |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> Zirin has been one of Bond's most vocal defenders against accusations of steroid use. 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.”<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.counterpunch.org/zirin03272004.html |title=Reasonable Doubt: Why Barry Bonds is Not on Steroids |author=Dave Zirin |date=2004-03-27 |accessdate=2008-06-26 |format= |work= }}</ref> However, in an undated interview, Zirin backtracks “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.”<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armchairgm.com/index.php?title=No_Softballs:_Dave_Zirin |title=No Softballs: Dave Zirin |accessdate=2008-06-26 |author=Dan Lewis |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> Zirin often retorts 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 |accessdate=2008-06-26 |author=Dave Zirin |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>


Articles and Interviews Concerning Bonds: Articles and Interviews Concerning Bonds:

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Career

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. His column, Edge of Sports, appears on Sports Illustrated’s website and he is the host of XM satellite’s weekly show, Edge of Sports Radio. Zirin is a frequent contributor to The Nation, a columnist for SLAM Magazine, The Progressive, and the Philadelphia Weekly. He is a regular op-ed writer for the Los Angeles Times. 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 the television program 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 monthly 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'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 Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States series for The New Press. In addition to “What’s My Name, Fool?” for Haymarket Books, 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’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 has been one of Bond's most vocal defenders against accusations of steroid use. 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 backtracks “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 often retorts that, rather than steroid use, “much of the reaction to Bonds is simply bad old-fashioned racism”.

Articles and Interviews Concerning Bonds:

References

  1. "The Nation > Author Bios > Z > Dave Zirin". Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  2. "Edge of Sports -> Bio". Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  3. Dave Zirin (2004-03-27). "Reasonable Doubt: Why Barry Bonds is Not on Steroids". Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  4. Dan Lewis. "No Softballs: Dave Zirin". Retrieved 2008-06-26. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  5. Dave Zirin. "THE UNFORGIVEN: Jack Johnson and Barry Bonds". Retrieved 2008-06-26. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)

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