Dave Zirin on "Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics and Promise of Sports"

by Democracy Now (reposted)

Tue, Jun 12, 2007 8:49AM

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 : Zirin discusses how sports have become an "athletic-industrial complex," Pat Tillman, Hurricane Katrina, the legacy of Roberto Clemente, Mumia Abu-Jamal and his new book "Welcome to the Terrordome."

For our last segment today, we turn to Dave Zirin. He has been called the best young sportswriter in the United States and is the country's foremost critic on sports intersection with politics. He writes the weekly column "Edge of Sports" at edgeofsports.com and is a regular contributor to The Nation and Slam magazine.

His books include What's My Name, Fool? and "The Muhammad Ali Handbook." He has just come out with a new book -- Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics and Promise of Sports with a foreword by the rap artist Chuck D of Public Enemy. Dave Zirin , writes the weekly column called "Edge of Sports." He is a regular contributor to the Nation magazine and author of a number of books, his latest is "Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics and Promise of Sports."

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