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    Zirin, James D.: Supremely Partisan
    Erscheinungsdatum: 01.09.2016, Medium: Buch, Einband: Gebunden, Titel: Supremely Partisan, Titelzusatz: How Raw Politics Tips the Scales in the United States Supreme Court, Autor: Zirin, James D., Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Sprache: Englisch, Schlagworte: POLITICAL SCIENCE // American Government // Judicial Branch // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // USA, Rubrik: Politikwissenschaft, Seiten: 312, Informationen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag, Gewicht: 649 gr, Verkäufer: averdo
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    What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 584min
    Here Edgeofsports.com sportswriter Dave Zirin shows how sports express the worst, as well as the most creative and exciting, features of American society. Zirin explores how Janet Jackson's Super Bowl flash-time show exposed more than a breast, why the labor movement has everything to learn from sports unions, and why a new generation of athletes is no longer content to "play one game at a time" and is starting to get political. What's My Name, Fool! draws on original interviews with former heavyweight champ George Foreman, Olympian and black power saluter John Carlos, NBA basketball player and anti-death penalty activist Etan Thomas, antiwar women's college hoopster Toni Smith, Olympic Project for Human Rights leader Lee Evans and many others. Popular sportswriter and commentator Dave Zirin is editor of The Prince George's Post (Maryland) and writes the weekly column "Edge of Sports" (edgeofsports.com). He is a senior writer at basketball.com. Zirin's writing has also appeared in The Source, Common Dreams, College Sporting News, CounterPunch, Alternet, International Socialist Review, Black Sports Network, War Times, San Francisco Bay View, and Z Magazine. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Aaron Abano. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/029578/bk_adbl_029578_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Voices of the Future, Hörbuch, Digital, 77min
    Broken down by a variety of subject matter, each section begins with a selection from an interview between NBA star Etan Thomas and political sportswriter Dave Zirin, followed by a Thomas poem and the writings of talented young poets. Language: English. Narrator: Etan Thomas, Julian Thomas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/haym/000007/bk_haym_000007_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Brazil’s Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 514min
    The people of Brazil celebrated when it was announced that they were hosting the 20th World Cup (June 12-July 13, 2014), the world's most-viewed sporting tournament, and the 31st Summer Olympics (August 5-21, 2016). Now they are protesting in numbers the country hasn't seen in decades, with Brazilians taking to the streets to try to reclaim the sports they love but see being corrupted by powerful corporate interests, profiteering, and greed. In this compelling new book, relying on original reporting from the most dangerous corners of Rio to the halls of power in Washington, DC, Dave Zirin examines how sports and politics are colliding in remarkable fashion in Brazil, opening up an international conversation on the culture, economics, and politics of sports. One of "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World" (Utne), Dave Zirin is a columnist for The Nation, SLAM, and SI.com. He is host of Sirius XM's popular weekly show Edge of Sports Radio and a regular guest on ESPN's Outside the Lines, Democracy Now!, and on MSNBC. His previous books include The John Carlos Story and What's My Name Fool? He lives near Washington, DC. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Hyde-White. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/020218/bk_adbl_020218_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 476min
    Funny, engaging, and sharply pointed in his appraisal of the sports complex bankrupting our cities, the celebrated author of A People’s History of Sports in the United States returns with a hard-hitting indictment of big business and the corrupt practices that are ruining the sports we love.When attending a baseball game becomes a luxury reserved for the wealthy few and cities build multi-million dollar stadiums while letting their bridges crumble, the price of sports in this country demands reassessment. Bad Sports cuts through the hype and bombast to give us a portrait of sports ownership as irresponsible as the financial shenanigans that drove the nation to the edge of economic ruin. From the outrageous use of public funds for stadium construction to the use of these spaces for religious and political platforms, Dave Zirin raises vital questions about misplaced priorities and moral abdications among the politicians we elect and the owners of the teams we root for.Speaking out in clear and passionate terms for the rights of any taxpayer and sports fan, Zirin returns America’s favorite pastimes back to where they belong - in the open and for the people. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jones Allen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/010119/bk_adbl_010119_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Jim Brown: Last Man Standing , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 504min
    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 football player to ever live. But his phenomenal nine-year career with the Cleveland Browns is only part of his remarkable story, the opening salvo to a much more sprawling epic. Brown parlayed his athletic fame into stardom in Hollywood, where it was thought that he could become "the black John Wayne." He was an outspoken Black Power icon in the 1960s, and he formed Black Economic Unions to challenge racism in the business world. For this and for his decades of work as a truce negotiator with street gangs, Brown - along with such figures as Muhammad Ali, Bill Russell, and Billie Jean King - is revered as a socially conscious athlete.   On the most hypermasculine cultural canvases of the United States - NFL football, the Black Power movement, Hollywood's blaxploitation films, gang intervention both inside and outside prison walls - Jim Brown has made his mark. Yet in the landscape of the most toxic expression of "what makes a man" - numerous accusations of violence against women - he has left a jagged mark as well.   Dave Zirin's book redefines an American icon, and not always in a flattering light. At 81 years old, Brown continues to speak out and look for fights. His recent public support of Donald Trump and criticism of Colin Kaepernick are just the latest examples of someone who seems restless if he is not in conflict. Jim Brown is a raw and thrilling account of Brown's remarkable life and a must-listen for sports fans and students of the black freedom struggle. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dave Zirin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/003995/bk_peng_003995_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Things That Make White People Uncomfortable , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 415min
    Super Bowl Champion and two-time Pro Bowler Michael Bennett is an outspoken proponent for social justice and a man without a censor. One of the most scathingly humorous athletes on the planet, he is also a fearless activist, grassroots philanthropist, and organizer. Bennett, a defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks, has gained international recognition for his public support for the Black Lives Matter movement and women's rights. Bennett donates all his endorsement money and half of the proceeds from his jersey sales to fund health and education projects for poor underserved youth and minority communities, and has recently expanded his reach globally to provide STEM programming in Africa. Dave Zirin has been called the "finest, most important writer on sports and politics in America", by Dr. Cornel West, Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at the Harvard Divinity School. He is sports editor for The Nation and author of several titles for Haymarket Books, including his critically acclaimed book The John Carlos Story, written with 1968 Olympian John Carlos. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: JD Jackson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/002043/bk_high_002043_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Great Baseball Revolt: The Rise and Fall of the 1890 Players League , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 551min
    The Players League, formed in 1890, was a short-lived professional baseball league controlled and owned, in part, by the players themselves, a response to the National League’s salary cap and “reserve rule” which bound players for life to one particular team. Led by John Montgomery Ward, the Players League was a star-studded group that included most of the best players of the National League who bolted, not only to gain control of their wages but also to share ownership of the teams.Lasting only a year, the league impacted both the professional sports and labor politics of athletes and nonathletes alike. The Great Baseball Revolt is a historic overview of the rise and fall of the Players League which fielded teams in Boston, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. Though it marketed itself as a working-class league, the players were underfunded and had to turn to wealthy capitalists for much of their start-up costs, including the new ballparks. It was in this context that the league intersected with the organized labor movement and, in many ways, challenged by organized labor to be "by and for the people".In its only season, the Players League outdrew the National League in fan attendance. The Great Baseball Revolt brings to life a compelling cast of characters and a mostly forgotten but important time in professional sports when labor politics affected both athletes and nonathletes."Makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of the early days of the business of baseball." (New York Journal of Books)"This text is outstanding." (New York Labor History)“You will absolutely love this book." (Dave Zirin, sports editor of The Nation) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gary Galone. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/160497/bk_acx0_160497_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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