Dave Zirin Books
Jim Brown
By Dave Zirin
A unique biography of Jim Brown—football legend, Hollywood star, and controversial activist—written by acclaimed sports journalist Dave Zirin.Jim Brown is recognized as perhaps the greatest footbal...
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Game over
By Dave Zirin
"Sportscaster Howard Cosell dubbed it "rule number one of the jockocracy": sports and politics just don't mix. But in Game Over, celebrated alt-sportswriter Dave Zirin proves once and for all that...
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Brazil s Dance with the devil
By Dave Zirin
As the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games approach, ordinary Brazilians are holding the country's biggest protest marches in decades. Sports journalist Dave Zirin traveled to Brazil to find...
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The Kaepernick effect
By Dave Zirin
"Riveting and inspiring first-person stories of how “taking a knee” triggered an awakening in sports, from the celebrated sportswriter In 2016, amid an epidemic of police shootings of African Ameri...
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Redemption Song
A classic book that traces Muhammad Ali’s political development in the sixtiesWhen Muhammad Ali died, many mourned the life of the greatest sportsman the world had ever seen. In Redemption So...
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