Deadspin Conversation: A Conversation With Dave Zirin

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 Deadspin Conversation: A Conversation With Dave Zirin
We've joked about being politically agnostic in these parts before, but that's not actually true. Like any breathing human, we have all kinds of political thoughts; we just don't think they belong on a sports site. Sports are one of the few realms that, if you try hard enough, can be separated from politics. Life and politics are complicated; sports are not. That's one of the reasons we love ... [link]

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Blizzard
Published 8/30/2007 by Pacifist Viking at Pacifist Viking
... Deadspin interviews Dave Zirin. ...

Deadspin Interviews Dave Zirin
Published 8/30/2007 by BenGo07 at Thank You Isiah
Read it here. ...

Blogger Round-Up: Wasteland of Sports Edition
Published 8/31/2007 by Big Blue Monkey at I Dislike Your Favorite Team
... . We rarely link to Deadspin, because it feels rather like Adam breathing life into God (only less hyperbolic than that). But, fuck it, a Fightin' Scot who is now considered the preeminent lefty writer on sports got some national blog-attention. Read it! ...

Friday Bullets
Published 8/31/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... There's evil stuff in the business details of sports. Do you care? Would you rather just watch games? Will Leitch of Deadspin takes on the "just enjoy the game" approach in an interview (really more a debate) with author Dave "this is how the sausage is made" Zirin. My, I'm not irate that there is some bad stuff, but you don't start a site called "true" something or other if you enjoy being lied to. I think we should get the truth out there as much as possible, and let fans do whatever they want. In the long run, I think that transparency makes the world a better place. ...

Etan's Anti-War Speech
Published 9/5/2007 by Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog
Etan's Anti-War Speech Etan Thomas's September 2005 speech at an anti-war rally in D.C. was roundly celebrated at the time, with left-winger sportswriter and Friend of Etan Dave Zirin being moved to compare Etan to Jesse Owens, Babe Didrikson, Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Curt Flood, Muhammad Ali and others. Back then, ...

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