Dave Zirin was named one of the "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World" by Utne Magazine. He writes about the politics of sports for the Nation magazine, and is their first sports writer in 150 years of existence. Zirin is also the host of Sirius XM satellite's popular weekly show, "Edge of Sports Radio," as well as a columnist for SLAM Magazine, the Progressive, and a regular op-ed writer for the Los Angeles Times. Zirin's previous books are What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States; Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports; The Muhammad Ali Handbook; and A People's History of Sports in the United States.
"Bad Sports is a diatribe against the arrogant, the venal, and the
block-headed owners . . . I enjoyed every page of Zirin's splashy
rant. He is witty, knowledgeable and nasty."--Minneapolis Star
Tribune
"The Nation's sports columnist Dave Zirin combines the passion of
the most rabid sports nut with the intellectual rigor of the most
learned Hegelian. This book is a critical account of how rapacious
owners are leaching the fun out of sports and how we, the
beleaguered fans, can take back the games we love."--Katrina vanden
Heuvel, Editor, The Nation
"[Zirin] makes an important point. He argues that teams . . . don't
belong solely to their owners. Instead, they belong in part to
fans." --Financial Times
"Hard-hitting, fun, ironic ane informative, Dave Zirin's Bad Sports
is a riveting look at sports ownership in our time. Zirin takes on
the owners in a way only he can and makes you think about sports in
a way you never have. This book makes you laugh and it makes you
cry, sometimes in the same paragraph."--Christine Brennan, USA
Today sports columnist, author of Inside Edge and Best Seat in the
House
"Zirin makes a strong argument that team owners are ruining our
storied teams, not to mention the sports themselves."--Booklist
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