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'''Dave Zirin''' is an American sportswriter. |
'''Dave Zirin''' is an American sportswriter who writes from a leftist point of view. |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Dave Zirin | |
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| Occupation | Sports journalism |
| Notable credit(s) | A People's History of Sports in the United States Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports |
| Website | http://edgeofsports.com/ |
Dave Zirin is an American sportswriter who writes from a leftist point of view.
Career
Zirin's 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, and The Progressive. His first book, What’s My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States (Haymarket Books) has entered its third printing.[1][2]
Zirin has also 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?” 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.
Controversies
Calls for political boycott
Zirin has repeatedly called for sports boycotts on certain players, teams, states, or nations for non sports related, political reasons.
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 Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act aka the arizona immigration bill.[2].
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.[3]
Bibliography
- What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States, Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2005. | ISBN 978-1931859202
- Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports, Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2007. | ISBN 978-1931859417
- Muhammad Ali Handbook , Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2007. | ISBN 978-1846011559
- A People's History of Sports: From Bull-Baiting to Barry Bonds, Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2008. | ISBN 978-1595581006
References
- ^ "The Nation > Author Bios > Dave Zirin". Retrieved 2008-06-26.
- ^ "Edge of Sports -> Bio". Retrieved 2008-06-26.
- ^ [1]