Overview
"A THOUGHT-PROVOKING LOOK AT THE BIG BUSINESS AND IMMORAL PRACTICES BEHIND PROFESSIONAL SPORTS BY ACCLAIMED SPORTSWRITER DAVE ZIRIN, HAILED AS THE ""CONSCIENCE OF AMERICAN SPORTSWRITING"" (THE WASHINGTON POST ) The fastest-growing sector of today's sports audience is the alienated fan. Complaints abound: from inflated ticket prices, $6 hot dogs, and $9 beers to owners endlessly demanding new multimillion-dollar stadiums funded by public tax dollars. Those sitting in the owners' boxes are increasingly placing profit over players' performances and fan loyalty. Bad Sports cuts through the hype and bombast to zero in on tales of abusive, dictatorial owners who move their teams thousands of miles away from their fan base, use their stadiums as religious and political platforms, or hold communities ransom for millions of dollars of taxpayer money to fund their gargantuan stadiums. As the multibillion-dollar sports-industrial complex continues to lumber along, Dave Zirin is the voice in the wilderness, speaking out for the common fan with a tough, passionate, and intelligent voice that will remind readers that there is more to sportswriting than glowing athlete profiles."
Full Product Details
Author: Dave Zirin
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Dimensions:
Width: 16.40cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 23.60cm
Weight: 0.394kg
ISBN: 9781416554752
ISBN 10: 1416554750
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 20 July 2010
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
[Zirin] makes an important point. He argues that teams . . . don't belong solely to their owners. Instead, they belong in part to fans. --Financial Times
The Nation 's sports columnist Dave Zirin combines the passion of the most rabid sports nut with the intellectual rigor of the most learned Hegelian. This book is a critical account of how rapacious owners are leaching the fun out of sports and how we, the beleaguered fans, can take back the games we love. --Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor, The Nation
[Zirin] makes an important point. He argues that teams . . . don't belong solely to their owners. Instead, they belong in part to fans. -- Financial Times
Author Information
"Dave Zirin was named one of the ""50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World"" by Utne Magazine. He writes about the politics of sports for the Nation magazine, and is their first sports writer in 150 years of existence. Zirin is also the host of Sirius XM satellite's popular weekly show, ""Edge of Sports Radio,"" as well as a columnist for SLAM Magazine, the Progressive, and a regular op-ed writer for the Los Angeles Times. Zirin's previous books are What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States; Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports; The Muhammad Ali Handbook; and A People's History of Sports in the United States."
