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Dave Zirin
Fall 2012 Titles:
Game Over
How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down
Dave Zirin
PAPERBACK ORIGINAL: From the bestselling author of
What’s My Name, Fool?
and the commentator that Robert Lipsyte calls “the smartest and gutsiest sportswriter in America,” a razor-sharp analysis of how sports and politics mix today
Also Available by Dave Zirin:
A People’s History of Sports in the United States
250 Years of Politics, Protest, People, and Play
Dave Zirin
From the author Robert Lipsyte calls “The best young sportswriter in America”, a rollicking, rebellious, myth-busting history of sports in America that puts politics in the ring with pop culture
Bad Sports
How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love
Dave Zirin
PAPERBACK From the "conscience of American sportswriting" (
The Washington Post
), a provocative call to reexamine the business of professional sports and put some fun back in the game for fans, with a new preface by the author
