Springnet 442 - Not Just a Game - Dave Zirin - 5Dave Zirin, the most radical of sports commentators, brought a free screening of his documentary film, "Not Just a Game", to the North American Society for Sport History ( #nassh) conference at the AT&T Center in Austin on Sunday, May 29, 2011. Dave Zirin is the bestselling author of five books, the sports editor of The Nation magazine (the only one ever in 150 years), and the host of Sirius XM Satellite's weekly show, Edge of Sports Radio. He blogs at The Edge of Sports http://edgeofsports.com
Dave has been called the best sports writer ever as well as the most controversial. He loves the Mets, Jets, Wizards, and Mystics. And he loves to venture in to topics considered taboo, off limits and out of bounds like race, religion, politics, discrimination, culture, war and peace, and prejudice.
In the documentary screened at the event, Zirin illustrates how sports (far from being "just a game") have been at the center of the issues of our times. Zirin shows how sports have romanticized homophobia, sexism, ...