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À semelhança de um thriller, a prosa envolvente de Dave Zirin conduz o leitor pelos fascinantes bastidores da Copa e das Olimpíadas do mundo contemporâneo. Espetáculos produzidos para a televisão, os grandes eventos esportivos mundiais, por meio de seus dirigentes aferrados ao lucro, interferem na política dos países-sedes, modificam leis e muitas vezes desrespeitam os direitos individuais dos torcedores. Com um texto envolvente, Zirin faz des...

Sports media darling: Zirin is the country's top lefty sportswriter and the go-to national commentator on sports and politics, sports and racial justice, sports and inequality. Strong author sales track: The hardcover has sold over 9, 000 copies to date. A People's History of Sports and What's My Name, Fool? have both netted 15K+ copies in all editions. National media attention: Excellent reviews have appeared in major media outlets, the autho...

John Carlos, the man behind the most iconic moment of the Black Power movement, tells his story.

Riveting and inspiring first-person stories of how "taking a knee" triggered an awakening in sports, from the celebrated sportswriter "Dave Zirin hits the bullseye with this textured examination of the man behind the movement and the movement inspired by the man. The Kaepernick Effect answers all of our questions, and more, while simultaneously connecting the dots to a moment in contemporary times that will be remembered for the global awake...

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A unique biography of Jim Brown--football legend, Hollywood star, and controversial activist--written by acclaimed sports journalist Dave Zirin.Jim Brown is recognized as perhaps the greatest football player to ever live. But his phenomenal nine-year career with the Cleveland Browns is only part of his remarkable story, the opening salvo to a much more sprawling epic. Brown parlayed his athletic fame into stardom in Hollywood, where it was tho...

Fully revised and updated from the 2014 edition, bringing readers up to date before the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. Assesses the final tally of debt and displacement that accompanied the 2014 World Cup, as well as eyewitness accounts of militarised police crackdowns.

Funny, engaging, and sharply pointed in his appraisal of the sports complex bankrupting our cities, the celebrated author of "A People's History of Sports in the United States" returns with a hard-hitting indictment of big business and the corrupt practices that are ruining the sports we love. When attending a baseball game becomes a luxury reserved for the wealthy few and cities build multi-million dollar stadiums while letting their bridges...

Enlightening" essays on athletes, activism, and the important role sports plays in our society (Publishers Weekly).   Sportscaster Howard Cosell dubbed it "rule number one of the jockocracy": sports and politics just don't mix. But in truth, some of our most important debates about class, race, religion, sex, and the raw quest for political power are played out both on and off the field. From the NFL lockout and the role of soccer in the Arab ...

John Carlos, the man behind the most iconic moment of the Black Power movement, tells his story.

Edgeofsports.com sportswriter Dave Zirin provides a no-holds-barred commentary on the personalities and politics of American sports.

This much-anticipated sequel to "Whats My Name, Fool?" by acclaimed commentator Zirin breaks new ground in sports writing, looking at the controversies and trends now shaping sports in the United States-and abroad.

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From author and sportswriter Zirin comes a rollicking, rebellious, myth-busting history of sports in America that puts politics in the ring with pop culture.