{"product_id":"whats-my-name-fool-sports-and-resistance-in-the-united-states-by-dave-zirin","title":"What's My Name, Fool? by Dave Zirin","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Dave Zirin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Zirin is America’s best sportswriter.”—Lee Ballinger, \u003cem\u003eRock and Rap Confidential\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Zirin is one of the brightest, most audacious voices I can remember on the sportswriting scene, and my memory goes back to the 1920s.”—Lester Rodney, \u003cem\u003eN.Y. Daily Worker\u003c\/em\u003e sports editor, 1936–1958\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Zirin has an amazing talent for covering the sports and politics beat. Ranging like a great shortstop, he scoops up everything! He profiles the courageous and inspiring athletes who are standing up for peace and civil liberties in this repressive age. A must read!”—Matthew Rothschild, \u003cem\u003eThe Progressive\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This is cutting-edge analysis delivered with wit and compassion.”—Mike Marqusee, author, \u003cem\u003eRedemption Song: Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixties\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere, Edgeofsports.com sportswriter Dave Zirin shows how sports express the worst, as well as the most creative and exciting, features of American society. Zirin explores how Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl flash-time show exposed more than a breast, why the labor movement has everything to learn from sports unions, and why a new generation of athletes is no longer content to “play one game at a time” and is starting to get political.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat’s My Name, Fool!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e draws on original interviews with former heavyweight champ George Foreman, Olympian and Black power saluter John Carlos, NBA basketball player and anti-death penalty activist Etan Thomas, antiwar women’s college hoopster Toni Smith, Olympic Project for Human Rights leader Lee Evans, and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePopular sportswriter and commentator Dave Zirin is editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Prince George’s Post\u003c\/em\u003e (Maryland) and writes the weekly column “Edge of Sports” (edgeofsports.com). He is a senior writer at basketball.com. Zirin’s writing has also appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Source\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCommon Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCollege Sporting News\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCounterPunch\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAlternet\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eInternational Socialist Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlack Sports Network\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWar Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Bay View\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eZ Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50539030249787,"sku":"1931859205","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/22745773482875.jpg?v=1756279606","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/whats-my-name-fool-sports-and-resistance-in-the-united-states-by-dave-zirin","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}