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METRO | SPORT | Houston stadium grift comes home to roost as Harvey hits
Preacher Joel Osteen’s megachurch was once a hoops hallowed ground called The Summit. By Dave Zirin | The Rag Blog | September 5, 2017 HOUSTON — Joel Osteen, the moneychanger who runs his own Houston temple, was the subject of … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Zirin, Hurricane Harvey, Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church, Metro, Public Stadiums, Rag Bloggers, Sports, The Summit
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SPORT | In the city known as ‘The Big Heart’: Resistance at Super Bowl LI
This will be a Super Bowl with political action outside the stadium and political symbolism all over the field. By Dave Zirin | The Rag Blog | February 4, 2017 HOUSTON — The New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Zirin, Houston, Houston Protests, Muslim Ban, Rag Bloggers, Sports, Super Bowl LI, The Big Heart, Tom Brady, Trump Resistance
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SPORT | The sweetest escape: The Chicago Cubs win the World Series
After more than a century, the Cubs gave so many of us cathartic joy, just when we needed it the most. By Dave Zirin | The Rag Blog | November 3, 2016 There are no words. If the greatest predictor … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago Cubs, Dave Zirin, Major League Baseball, Rag Bloggers, Sports, World Series
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SPORT | ‘I Just Wanted to Be Free’: The radical reverberations of Muhammad Ali
He redefined what it meant to be tough and collectivized the very idea of courage. By Dave Zirin | The Rag Blog | June 5, 2016 The reverberations. Not the rumbles, the reverberations. The death of Muhammad Ali will undoubtedly … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Black Power, Boxers, Dave Zirin, Deaths, Draft Resistance, Heavyweight Champions, Muhammad Ali, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance, Sports, Vietnam War
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SPORT | Pat Tillman, the Boston Marathon, and a Tale of Two Anniversaries
Two upcoming sports anniversaries contain elements of tragedy, honor, and courage. But one won’t get much attention. By Dave Zirin | The Rag Blog | April 15, 2014 Two wrenching anniversaries loom in the world of sports. Both are in … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Boston Bombings, Boston Marathon, Dave Zirin, Football, Friendly Fire, Iraq War, NFL, Pat Tillman, Professional Sports, Rag Bloggers, Sports, U.S. Army
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SPORT | The Northwestern University Football Union and the NCAA’s death spiral
The NCAA is now in a fight for its life. Its power emanates solely from its position as a cartel. By Dave Zirin | The Rag Blog | March 28, 2014 “Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered…” – Mark Cuban … Continue reading
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Tagged College Athletics, Dave Zirin, Football, NCAA, NLRB, Northwestern University, Rag Bloggers, Student Athletes, Unions
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Sochi 2014: Where Pussy Riot gets whipped by Cossacks
Members of the punk rock collective Pussy Riot were attacked by Cossacks and horsewhipped in the streets of Sochi. By Dave Zirin | The Rag Blog | February 19, 2014 In Cairo’s Tahrir Square, way back in 2011, there was … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 Winter Olympics, Agit Prop, Dave Zirin, Direct Action, Gay Rights, LGBT, Musicians, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Police Brutality, Punk Rockers, Pussy Riot, Rag Bloggers, Russia, Russian Cossacks, Sochi Olympics, Sports, Tahir Square, Transgenders, Vladamir Luxuria, Vladimir Putin
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Richard Sherman’s refusal to be a brand
If you’re going to root against the Seahawks, please do it for the right reasons. Not so Richard Sherman gets some kind of lip-buttoning comeuppance. By Dave Zirin | The Rag Blog | January 26, 2014 I was done writing … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Dave Zirin, Football, Professional Sports, Racism, Rag Bloggers, Richard Sherman, Seattle Seahawks, Sports, Sports Marketing, Super Bowl
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SPORT / Dave Zirin : Decriminalize Baseball!
Ryan Braun isn’t Al Capone. Image from Deadspin. Decriminalize the game:A solution to baseball’s drug wars I love baseball and it’s tragic to watch it self-devour. By Dave Zirin | The Rag Blog | June 5, 2013 See Thorne Dreyer’s … Continue reading
SPORT / Dave Zirin : RGIII Is Trending with Muhammad Ali
Robert Griffin III. Photo courtesy of Muhammad Ali Center. Image from The Nation. What did RGIII learn atthe Muhammad Ali Center? The social-media-savvy RGIII tweeted, ‘What Ali stood for and the way he expressed it from the boxing ring to … Continue reading
FILM / Dave Zirin : ’42’ is Jackie Robinson’s Bitter Pill
A Review of ’42’:Jackie Robinson’s bitter pill This was a man tortured by the fact that his own experience was used as a cudgel against building a public, fighting movement against racial injustice. By Dave Zirin | The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American History, Baseball, Branch Rickey, Civil Rights Movement, Dave Zirin, Film, Jackie Robinson, Malcolm X, Racism, Sports
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Progressive Sportswriter Dave Zirin Takes Off the Gloves
Dave Zirin: “Politics have always been a part of sports.” Rag Radio podcast:Progressive sportswriter Dave Zirinon the intersection of sports and politics “Sports has become such a big business that the line between journalism and being a broadcast partner for … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Arian Foster, Authors, Dave Zirin, Interview, Podcast, Rag Radio, Royce White, Sports, Sports Culture, Sportswriters, Thorne Dreyer
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