Zirin, Dave.

What's my name, fool? : sports and resistance in the United States / Sports and resistance in the United States Dave Zirin. - Chicago : Haymarket Books, 2005. - 293 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Foreword / by David Meggyesy -- Introduction: Sports -- an offer we can't refuse -- It all starts with Lester Rodney -- Jackie Robinson and the politics of stealing home -- Rumble young man rumble : Muhammad Ali and the 1960s -- The 1968 olympics raise the bar -- We just really hate to lose : unions and sports -- In the shadow of Ali : sports, war, and resistance today -- Gone with the wind? : sports, race, and the modern athlete -- Taking care of t. c.b. : sports, sexism, and gay bashing -- Games that bosses play -- Stir of echoes : a new sporting resistance? -- Afterword: We are the greatest.

Drawing on original interviews, the author examines how a number of athletes are standing up for peace and civil liberty.

1931859205 9781931859202

2005010553


Sports--Social aspects--United States.
Sports--Social aspects.

GV 706.5 / .Z57 2005