Dave Zirin

Notre Dame Football Player Reportedly a Victim of an Elaborate Hoax

August 15, 2013Sports

The football star playing at a college legend needs an image in a championship season where every move is under a microscope. To make it, you need to be good, but also to be loved. Such is the story for Notre Dame star linebacker, Manti Te’o. We learned during the football season that he was […]

More Drug Tests for Major League Baseball

August 15, 2013Sports

Baseball Hall of Fame Inducts No New Players in 2013

August 15, 2013Sports

Pushing injury, pain and violence to the limit in American sports

August 14, 2013Sports

‘Los Suns’ take the court in protest

August 14, 2013Conflict & Justice

Predictions on baseball’s opening day

August 14, 2013Sports

Today is opening day in baseball and the season has already begun with a Yankees loss to the Red Sox last night. Nation sports editor Dave Zirin previews the season.

Vancouver ready to protest Olympics

August 14, 2013Conflict & Justice

With the Winter Olympics’ opening ceremony set for later tonight, it seems that all the world is caught up in Olympic fever. Everyone that is, except for the people of Vancouver, British Columbia who are actually hosting the event.

Takeouts: oil prices, NFL and antitrust, listeners on decades

August 14, 2013Conflict & Justice

Business takeout, NFL takeout and listener responses

Baseball Hall of Fame Inducation at Cooperstown

August 14, 2013Sports

This weekend, Cooperstown holds its induction ceremony for the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Takeaway talks with Dave Zirin, who writes about sports for The Nation and is author of ?A People’s History of Sports in the United States.’

Fire Up the Torch: New Sports Vie For Olympic Inclusion

August 14, 2013Sports

Seven sports are vying for inclusion at the 2016 Olympic Games. To find out how the process is going, The Takeaway is joined by Don Porter, President of the Softball Federation and Dave Zirin, sportswriter and author.