Anyone heard of Dave Zirin? Author of "Whats My Name Fool" whaddaya think?

[confludemocrat]

A great new voice in the wide world of sports. Was on Democracy Now on July 21 see the archive there. I bought his book and read it in one sitting .
Also latest issue of the Nation has an excerpt or adaptation of his book:

"As Dave Zirin argues in a Nation online adaption from his new book, "Sports can become an arena where the ideas of our society are not only presented but also challenged. The story of the women's movement is incomplete without mention of Billie Jean King's match against Bobby Riggs. The struggle for gay rights has to include a chapter on Martina Navratilova. When we think about the Black freedom struggle, we picture Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali along with Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X."

http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050815&s=zirin

also see his web site: www.edgeofsports.com

Finally great recent column at Counterpunch: http://www.counterpunch.org/zirin08032005.html

[Gabi Hayes]

1. heard him....listen here

http://www.thisishell.com/archives_2005.html