Dave Zirin is the sports editor for The Nation, a weekly progressive magazine dedicated to politics and culture, and writes a blog named Edge of Sports: the weekly sports column by Dave Zirin.
12 Facts About Dave Zirin
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Dave Zirin graduated from Macalester College in St Paul, Minnesota.
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Dave Zirin co-hosted "The Collision: Where Sports and Politics Collide on Pacifica Radio" with former NBA player Etan Thomas.
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Dave Zirin is a contributor to The Nation, and has been a columnist for SLAM Magazine, and The Progressive.
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Dave Zirin has 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.
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Dave Zirin is the co-author with John Carlos of The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World.
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Dave Zirin writes a blog named Edge of Sports: the weekly sports column by Dave Zirin.
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Dave Zirin has repeatedly called for sports boycotts of certain teams, states, or nations for political reasons.
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Dave Zirin expressed support during the 2010 NBA Playoffs for the Phoenix Suns, who went by "Los Suns" as a statement against the Arizona immigration law.
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On June 2,2010, writing for The Nation, Dave Zirin justified the decision of the Turkish U-19 soccer team to boycott a match against Israel.
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Dave Zirin described the Gaza flotilla raid as an act of state terror committed by the Israeli government and proposed a boycott of Israel.
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On October 6,2011, during a live interview conducted on the sports cable television network, ESPN, Dave Zirin referred to Hank Williams, Jr.