[R-G] A people's history of sports -- Dave Zirin

[Anthony Fenton]

Dave Zirin presents a terrific and humourous talk on ``The People's  
History of Sports'', providing insights and little-known history about  
sports in the United States. He spoke at the US International  
Socialist Organization's Socialism 2008 conference in Chicago on June  
21, 2008.
Zirin is a radical sports editor, writer and columnist for Nation.com,  
and a columnist for SportsIllustrated.com, the Progressive and other  
media. He is author of What's My Name Fool?, The Muhammad Ali Handbook  
and Welcome to the Terrordome. His columns and articles can be found  
at http://www.edgeofsports.com.

Howard Zinn said of Zirin, ``It is so refreshing to have a sports  
writer who writes with such verve and intelligence, who also has a  
social conscience,and who refuses to keep those parts of his life  
separate." He is author of the forthcoming A People's History of  
Sports in the US.

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