Dave Zirin
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 12
- Latest publication
- Sep 21, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for The Nation
- Top 500K sites
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- Jul 6, 2026
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Unpacking Macklemore and the Iron Sheik (opens the original)
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We talk about Macklemore’s courageous stand and take a walk down wrestling memory lane. Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin This week we speak about the rapper Macklemore and why all hell broke loose on Ed Sheeran's tour when he said the words "Free Palestine." And what the heck did Patriots owner Robert Kraft have to do with any of this? Also, we speak to Arya Shirazi about the political legacy of Hulk Hogan and the Iron Sheik. https://www.thena
Justice for Macklemore (opens the original)
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The rapper has been dumped from Ed Sheeran’s tour for saying “free Palestine.” That’s a disgrace. Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, friend of Donald Trump, and proud mega-donor to AIPAC, just showed us once again how raw oligarchical power can crush any pretense that our speech is protected by the First Amendment. Bob Kraft is the person primarily responsible, as he readily admits, for compelling international music superstar Ed Sheeran to drop his opening act, hip-hop artist Mack
Enes Kanter Freedom’s Bigoted Stunts Have Nothing to Do With Protecting Women (opens the original)
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The trans women in sports panic is nothing but a stalking horse for permitting violence against trans people—and we should celebrate players like Natasha Cloud who say so. Enes Kanter was a mediocre NBA player who, in 2020, attracted more attention than he ever received on the court by decrying the Black Lives Matter movement and pushing to “get politics out of sports.” A year later, to celebrate becoming a US citizen, he legally changed his name to “Enes Kanter Freedom.” But when it came to the
Congressional Candidate Sam Husseini and Talking NBA Over-Unders (opens the original)
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Green Party candidate Sam Husseini joins the show and Arya returns. Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin We talk to Tom Nelson about his back on the Green Bay Packers and Arya joins the show again to talk Eastern Conference. Body: This week we talk to Tom Nelson about his new book, “The Green and Gold Standard: A People's History of the Green Bay Packers,” with an emphasis on how they became fan-owned. Also, we talk to the hoops savant Arya Shiraz
The Bogus Lakers Sale Is Exactly Why We Need Publicly Owned Sports Teams (opens the original)
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These private-equity vampires will just keep strip-mining the things that give us joy if we let them. The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the marquee sport franchises, and yet they just got flipped like a run-down beach house in Tampa. In a move that shocked NBA insiders, Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter, who bought the team less than a year ago for a jaw-dropping $10 billion, just sold the storied squad to former Disney CEO Bob Iger and venture capitalist Josh Kushner for $12 billion. (Kushner
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