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Bad Sports/Great Book
17 July 2010
By Cool Papa J
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Format:Hardcover
If you are a sports fan, or a progressive, you can't let this book get by you. I was truly caught flat-footed by Zirin's frozen ropes of insight into why I haven't been as inspired by the games I grew up loving so much--and by his ideas about what it will take to reclaim the game from profit driven owners. As a resident of Seattle, I was impressed how well Zirin tackled the saga of Clay Bennett and his sell out of our city by shipping of our beloved Sonics to Oklahoma. But this book is much more than an expose of rapacious sports team moguls. It is sociological study of sports and its fans that uncovers previously obscured ideas about why people marvel and partake in play. It is a study of urban planning in America and the role of the sports teams and stadiums in the modern metropolis. Moreover, it is a playbook for fans and social activists to make our cities and our teams inspiring once again.
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Fantasic skewering of the people getting in the way of the games we love
17 July 2010
By A Computer Fan
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Format:Hardcover
I was lucky to get my hands on this at my neighborhood bookstore before it's officially released. If you like sports, it's a must read to understand how the owners are messing with the game and our society more generally. If you like politics, it's a must read so you can understand what the hell sports fans are talking about when they complain about the latest outrageous trade or missed opportunity (plus you'll get some good cocktail talking points to come at these questions from a different angle). If you don't like sports or politics, I don't know why you got this far, but any writer that Chuck D, Naomi Klein and Robert Lipsyte all like is worth checking out.
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How Good Writers are Changing Our Ideas About the Sports We Love
18 July 2010
By DC Teacher
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Format:Hardcover
I will admit up front, I am a veteran reader and lover of Dave Zirin's books so I come to this book with a certain degree of ideological and literary prejudice. The thing is, I don't even like sports all that much. I haven't watched a series of anything with avid interest since the Chicago Bulls beat the Utah Jazz the last time those two teams were in a playoff series together (note, I can't even remember what year it was). But I am a fan of good writing and I am a fan of any writier willing to stand up and acknowledge the disturbing stranglehold that owners, big business, and evil American financiers(read: AIG, Citigroup, their politico pals, and all the big wigs that invest in such institutions of greed and avarice) have on every aspect of our society today, including sports. Not only do they rip our economy out from under us, they also want to destroy our fun, our games, our sources of pleasure. Well, they can't take this book from me.... As usual, Dave's deep knowledge of the history and business of sports, keen understanding of American society, and exceptional sense of humor make this book a must-read for sports fans, literature lovers, and anyone who considers themselves an aware and independent American citizen. Dave, you have done it again....
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