Dave Zirin

                 

Dave Zirin, Press Action’s 2005 and 2006 Sportswriter of the Year, has been called “an icon in the world of progressive sports”. Robert Lipsyte says he is “the best young sportswriter in the United States.” He is both a columnist for SLAM Magazine, and a regular contributor to the Nation Magazine and the author of the forthcoming “A People’s History of Sports in the United States” (The New Press. You can receive his column Edge of Sports, every week by going to http://zirin.com/edgeofsports/?p=subscribe&id=1. Contact him at edgeofsports@gmail.com] Dave is the author of the new book "Welcome to the Terrordome:" with an intro by Chuck D (Haymarket). His first book is "What’s My Name, Fool?" Sports and Resistance in the United States” (Haymarket Books) has entered its second printing and is available in stores and at Haymarketbooks.org

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