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Edge of Sports Recent Columns http://www.edgeofsports.com/ Edge of Sports is the home of political sportswriter Dave Zirin en-us Copyright 2010 Edge of Sports, Inc. All rights reserved. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:02 EST Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:02 EST Edge of Sports - Latest Columns webCOMAND http://www.edgeofsports.com/archives.html 60 Edge of Sports Recent Columns http://www.edgeofsports.com/images/rssfeed.gif http://www.edgeofsports.com/ 1329 204 Reclaiming a Legacy: The Death of Fatima Meer and the World Cup http://www.edgeofsports.com/2010-03-15-509/index.html When I attended the funeral services of a legend of the South African anti-apartheid struggle, I learned that the most political issue in the country is memory. <?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST The South Africa World Cup: Invictus in Reverse http://www.edgeofsports.com/2010-03-10-508/index.html On a normal week here in <?xml:namespace prefix = "st1" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">South Africa</st1:place></st1:country-region>, it's the dispossessed and the self-possessed fighting for elbow room. But the 2010 World Cup, which starts in 90 days, has taken these contrasts and propelled them into conflict. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST How Sports Attacks Public Education http://www.edgeofsports.com/2010-03-04-507/index.html On Thursday, I was proud to take part in a student walkout at the University of Maryland in defense of public education. It was just one link in a National Day of Action that saw protests in more than 32 states across the country. I am not a student, and haven't been since those innocent days when Monica Lewinsky mattered, but I was asked to come speak at a post walkout teach-in about the way sports is used to attack public education. It might sound like a bizarre topic, but it's the world that students see every day. Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST Note to ESPN’s Bill Simmons: Tiger Woods is not Muhammad Ali http://www.edgeofsports.com/2010-03-01-506/index.html <link href="file://localhost/Users/PK/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"> <style>  </style>  Can ESPN please declare a company-wide moratorium on comparing current athletes to Muhammad Ali? I thought it was unfortunate when columnist Jemele Hill wrote that anti-choice icon Tim Tebow was "as courageous" as Ali. But that comparison is inspired compared to recent comments by "ESPN's The Sports Guy" Bill Simmons.<o:P></o:P> Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST Sportsmanship: The Great Olympic Fraud http://www.edgeofsports.com/2010-02-26-505/index.html For athletes, the costs of training for the Olympics means that losing are not an option. As a result, we have petulance. We have spectacle. And we have death. We also have something that is no longer the Olympics but reality television, where as many titillations take place off the field of play as on.<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST