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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Matt Hern Writes With Bravado That Sports Do Matter
Wait a minute people: Sports do have meaning Engagingly written, One Game at a Time is motivated by the belief that sports do matter as much as sports fans think they do. By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Books, Matt Hern, One Game at a Time, Rag Bloggers, Ron Jacobs, Sports, Sportswriters
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Michael James : Marvelous Marvin Hagler in 1984
Marvelous Marvin Hagler works out in Provincetown, Massachusetts, in the winter of 1984. Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James‘ Pictures from the Long Haul. Pictures from the Long Haul: Marvelous Marvin Hagler in 1984 Hagler … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Boxing, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Memoir, Michael James, nostalgia, Pictures from the Long Haul, Sports
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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
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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Dave Zirin : Steubenville and the Bond Between Jock Culture and Rape Culture
Image from Serious Insanity. The verdict:Steubenville shows the bondbetween jock culture and rape culture ”I think that if rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it.” — Bob Knight, Hall of Fame basketball coach, 1988. By Dave Zirin / TThe Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Criminal Justice, Dave Zirin, Jock Culture, Rape, Sex Crimes, Sports, Violence Against Women
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SPORT / Dave Zirin : The Rockets’ Royce White Is Rebel with a Cause
The Houston Rockets’ Royce White. Image from Hoopspeak.com. Mental health revolutionary:The Houston Rockets’ Royce White White has become a crusader for change, calling out the NBA for disregarding mental illness and treating him like ‘a commodity.’ By Dave Zirin | … Continue reading
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Tagged Anxiety Disorder, Basketball, Dave Zirin, Houston Rockets, Mental Health, NBA, Royce White, Sports
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Dave Zirin, the Man Who Politicized the Sports Pages
A look at Dave Zirin’s latest:The man who politicized the sports pages No longer can owners, managers, and commissioners argue that sports and politics must and should be separated. The taboo has been trashed. The silence has been shattered. By … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Books, Dave Zirin, Hunter S. Thompson, Journalism, Ron Jacobs, Sports
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SPORT / Dave Zirin : The Player’s Tweet that Told the Truth
Cardale Jones’ revealing tweet. Image from BigLeadSports.The smartest, or dumbest, (or maybe smartest)tweet an athlete ever sent We are corrupting these young people by demanding that they become complicit in a sham. By Dave Zirin | The Rag Blog | … Continue reading
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Tagged Campuses, College Football, Dave Zirin, NCAA, Sports, Student Athletes
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Robert Jensen : Learning to Hate Longhorn Football
Bevo goes to college. Photo by Mose Buchele for KUT News. Inset photo of Texas cheerleader by Donn Jones / AP.Learning to hate Longhorn football Dealing with UT’s jock-obsessed culture is easy — I critique it, without hesitation. Dealing with … Continue reading
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Tagged Campuses, College Sports, Football, Robert Jensen, Sports, Student Athletes, UT-Austin
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SPORT / Dave Zirin : What They Can’t Take from Lance Armstrong
Survivor: Lance Armstrong. Photo by Christopher Ena / AP.He quit the fight but not the war: What they can’t take from Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong, and his ubiquitous Livestrong bracelets, are 21st century totems of survival and the USADA isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Cancer, Cycling, Dave Zirin, Doping, Lance Armstrong, Livestrong, Sports
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Travis Waldron : Adidas and the ‘Shackle Shoe’
What was Adidas thinkingwith its Shackle Shoes? It’s hard to imagine a shoe company coming up with a worse idea than this. By Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress / June 20, 2012 Adidas is notorious for pushing the envelope in sports … Continue reading
