Radical Sports Writer

[OriginalGumby]

http://socialistworker.org/department/Books-and-Entertainment/Dave-Zirin

Dave Zirin has written a number of books that mix politics and sports.


What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States, Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2005. | ISBN 978-1931859202 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781931859202)
Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports, Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2007. | ISBN 978-1931859417 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781931859417)
Muhammad Ali Handbook , Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2007. | ISBN 978-1846011559 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781846011559)
A People's History of Sports: From Bull-Baiting to Barry Bonds, Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2008. | ISBN 978-1595581006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781595581006)
Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love, New York: Scribner Books, 2010. | ISBN 978-1-4165-5475-2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781416554752)

Above is the column he writes for his own site http://www.edgeofsports.com/ and is also on SocialistWorker.org

[graymouser]

Dave Zirin is probably the most interesting person writing from the ISO today. I follow him fairly closely and always appreciate what he has to say. His books are pretty much all worthwhile and teach you a good deal about how sports aren't just reactionary bread and circuses.

Of course, he happens to like the Mets and the Jets - at least it's not the Yankees and Cowboys, I couldn't deal with that. (I'm mostly a hometown guy so I root for the Phillies and, although I will not admit to being a "fan", the Eagles.)

[timbaly]

I just read a bunch of his articles. This guy is one of the more interesting sports writers I've ever read. As for his being a Mets fan. It makes me love the guy even more. graymouser are you still confident about the Phils? I think theyll comeback but they may have met their match.