Game Over: The Collision of Sports and Politics in the United States
Dave Zirin writes about the politics of sports for The Nation magazine. Winner of Sport in Society and Northeastern University School of Journalism's 'Excellence in Sports Journalism' Award, Zirin is also the host of Sirius XM Radio's popular weekly show, Edge of Sports Radio. He also co-hosts the radio program The Collision: Sports and Politics with Etan Thomas & Dave Zirin.
Called "the best sportswriter in the United States," Zirin was nominated for the PEN American award for literary sports writing. Zirin was also honored for his work in Online Magazine Writing at the 2015 81st Annual National Headliner's Awards. In addition, he has written Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports (Haymarket Books) (2007). Sports Illustrated wrote that Terrordome is "a provocative, sometimes chilling, look at sports and society right now." His first book What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States (2015) is now in its third printing.
Zirin has brought his blend of sports and politics to multiple television programs including NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly, FX's Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, ESPN's Outside the Lines, MSNBC's Morning Joe, ESPN Classic, CNN, MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show, Comcast Sports Network's Sports Talk Live, C-SPAN's BookTV, and Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman. He has also been on numerous national radio programs from sports radio to National Public Radio's Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, and All Things Considered.
Dave Zirin’s Athenaeum talk is co-sponsored by the Personal and Social Responsibility Initiative, CMS Athletics, and the Center for Writing and Public Discourse.