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02/03/10 - Note to ESPN’s Jemele Hill: Tim Tebow is not Muhammad Ali

First let me put my cards on the table. I consider Jemele Hill, sports columnist for ESPN.com, to be as incisive and interesting as they come. She has been a frequent and fearless guest on my radio show and is always aces on the air. That's why I'm so gobsmacked by Jemele's latest column, subtly titled, Laud the Courage in Tim Tebow's Stand.

02/02/10 - Tim Tebow and CBS: United Against “Choice”

The cultural power of the Super Bowl cannot be overstated. That's exactly why CBS' utterly hypocritical decision to air an anti-abortion ad funded by Focus on the Family and starring Tim Tebow was both wrongheaded and revealing.

01/30/10 - An Idiot Among Us: Paul Shirley on Haiti

In most cases, I've believed strongly in the right of professional athletes to state their political beliefs loudly and proudly. The concept that jocks should just "shut up and play" denigrates our collective freedom to stand up and be heard. But defending an athlete's right to speak is far from defending the political content of their words. Case and point: former NBA journeyman Paul Shirley.

01/27/10 - The Vancouver Olympic Blues

01/25/10 - Silver Lining for Vikings Fans (Politically)

01/22/10 - NFL Owners Stiff-arm Fans/Union

01/18/10 - MLK wasn't an athlete, but he understood importance of sports

01/15/10 - "We are a Forgotten People": An Interview with Haitian NBA Vet Olden Polynice

01/12/10 - Mark McGwire's Pound of Flesh

01/11/10 - Sport for Sport's Sake

01/07/10 - Faculty Protest Texas Football Coach's Raise

01/05/10 - Al Sharpton Wants Gilbert Arenas Punished. Seriously.

01/04/10 - Bench the BCS

12/30/09 - Dennis Brutus 1924-2009: The Man Who Would Reclaim Sports

12/28/09 - "Every Story Had a Purpose": an appreciation of the late Lester Rodney

12/23/09 - More than a Sportswriter: Lester “Red” Rodney: 1911-2009

12/18/09 - A Different Scandal: Tiger Woods Named Athlete of the Decade

12/14/09 - Tiger Falls from Grace

12/09/09 - The People Speak: When Television Makes History

12/03/09 - Message to Obama: You Can't Have Muhammad Ali

11/30/09 - Tiger Woods Deserves Your Scrutiny

11/28/09 - Amy Goodman and Canada's Olympic Paranoia

11/24/09 - The NFL’s Concussion Conundrum

11/18/09 - Women Ski Jumpers and the Rule of Law

11/10/09 - A Sterling Shame

11/06/09 - DMC with DZ in STUDIO!!!

11/02/09 - The Coming Labor War in the NFL

10/29/09 - L.A. Stadium Story: No football team, No Problem

10/22/09 - LeBron James: The Man Who Would Dunk on Dubya

10/19/09 - 94 ‘Til Infinity : How SLAM helped change the basketball landscape forever

10/18/09 - Thanks to the Utne Reader for naming Dave Zirin one of the 2009 50 Visionaries who are Changing Your World

10/16/09 - Rush Limbaugh: Why the NFL Just Said No

10/15/09 - Response to Rush Limbaugh's Rage

10/09/09 - Why NFL Owners Must Flush Rush

10/06/09 - “Why I Support the National Equality March”: NFL’s Scott Fujita Speaks Out for Gay Rights

10/05/09 - Can the NFL Tackle Homophobia?

10/02/09 - Victory/Agony: Chicago Loses the Olympics

09/29/09 - Obama's Olympic Error UPDATED

09/18/09 - Sports and the Uncivil Society

09/15/09 - Double Standard for Serena Williams

09/14/09 - Stop the Savage Sex Scare in Sports

09/09/09 - Exclusive: Kermit Washington's Advice to LeGarrette Blount

09/08/09 - LeGarrette Blount and the Politics of the Punch

08/31/09 - President Obama: Jack Johnson Punched Back

08/26/09 - Caster Semenya Aint 8 Feet Tall

08/21/09 - Caster Semenya and the Idiocy of Sex Testing

08/18/09 - The End of Iverson?

08/14/09 - McNabb, Eagles Give Vick Second Chance. Will Philly Fans?

08/12/09 - Boxing's Month From Hell

08/05/09 - The Paulsons' Edifice Complex

07/29/09 - The Reality of Vick’s Return

07/25/09 - The Power of Buehrle’s Perfection

07/21/09 - Macalester Today: Can’t Find My Way Home

07/16/09 - "Canary in the Mine Shaft"

07/06/09 - Sexism on Centre Court

07/01/09 - Who Will Break the Glass Closet... and John Amaechi's Response

06/26/09 - Your Stadium or Your Life

06/18/09 - When Nuance Dies: Sammy Sosa and Phony Outrage

06/17/09 - Iran: It Aint a Soccer Riot

06/11/09 - Vick, Clarett, and the Right of Return

06/08/09 - Let’s Go Lakers: Wanting a Loss for DeVos

06/01/09 - Sotomayor is a Sporting Judge

05/26/09 - Life Imitates Sports: Kobe/Cheney vs. Melo/Obama

05/22/09 - Not So Easy: The Super Bowl Returns to New Orleans

05/14/09 - Tillman Family is McChrystal-Clear

05/12/09 - Home Runs and Hypocrisy: The Shaming of Manny Ramirez

05/04/09 - The Kentucky Derby: Seabiscuit Meets Syriana

04/30/09 - Jeremy Tyler, Euro-Pro

04/22/09 - A Pinstriped Patriot Act

04/16/09 - Geno and Gender: Huskies and the Perils of Perfection

04/07/09 - The Meaning of Michigan State

03/30/09 - “Like We Were Dogs”: The Story of Ryan Moats

03/20/09 - Branded: Myles Brand and the Madness of March

03/12/09 - Charles Barkley and the Fight for Immigrant Rights

03/05/09 - Barry Bonds in Context

02/25/09 - The US v. Barry Bonds

02/20/09 - Obama's Unfortunate Hoop Dreams

02/10/09 - A-Rod and More Anabolic Agonistes