{"product_id":"whats-my-name-fool-sports-and-resistance-in-the-united-states-9781931859202","title":"What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Zirin is America's best sportswriter.\"--Lee Ballinger, \u003cem\u003eRock and Rap Confidential\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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\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\u003cp\u003eHere \u003cem\u003eEdgeofsports.com\u003c\/em\u003e sportswriter Dave Zirin shows how sports express the worst, as well as the most creative and exciting, features of American society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZirin 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\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat's My Name, Fool!\u003c\/em\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\u003cp\u003ePopular sportswriter and commentator \u003cstrong\u003eDave Zirin\u003c\/strong\u003e is editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Prince George's Post\u003c\/em\u003e (Maryland) and writes the weekly column \"Edge of Sports\" (\u003cem\u003eedgeofsports.com\u003c\/em\u003e). He is a senior writer at \u003cem\u003ebasketball.com\u003c\/em\u003e. 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3480664\"\u003eDave Zirin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.92h x 5.32w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931859202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1931859205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SPO\"\u003eSports \u0026amp; Recreation\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SPO066000\"\u003eCultural \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036060\"\u003eUnited States | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePopular sportswriter and commentator Dave Zirin is editor of The Prince George's Post (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 The Source, Common Dreams, College Sporting News, CounterPunch, Alternet, International Socialist Review, Black Sports Network, War Times, San Francisco Bay View and Z Magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42686769725677,"sku":"9781931859202","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_0eb27c9b-c567-448d-a9af-11b28808a4e9.jpg?v=1649778220","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/whats-my-name-fool-sports-and-resistance-in-the-united-states-9781931859202","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}