Dave Zirin

Book Examines the Link Between Sports and Politics

By john w connelly jr - Posted on November 14th, 2008

In September, sports writer Dave Zirin released A People's History of Sports in the United States an examination of the history of the link between sports and (among other things) politics. The book -which derives its name from revisionist historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States- is equally as challenging to the established view of its subject matter. Read More »

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