Welcome to the Terrordome
The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports

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By Dave Zirin

Foreword by Chuck D

Author of "What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States," Zirin comes through again with a progressive, anti-racist, engaging and provocative look at the world of sports.

"Welcome to the Terrordome." Public Enemy's 1989 hip-hop anthem was a call to arms against a world—and a popular culture—gone mad.

A real Terrordome emerged in the New Orleans Superdome in the horrifying aftermath of Hurricane Katrina—a gruesome collision of sports and politics as thousands sat stranded in a sports arena where most could never have afforded even the cheapest ticket

Today the "Terrordome" is a twenty-first century sports world that is frightening, ridiculous, horrifying, and inspiring...all before the next commercial break.

From the Don Imus scandal to the stormy marriage between hip-hop and the NBA from the "baseball factories" of the Dominican Republic to the inspiring legacy of Roberto Clemente—Dave Zirin looks past the shiny surface to what's really happening in the locker room, the boardroom, the arena, and the stands.

"Welcome to the Terrordome is both bold and brilliant, funny and fearless ..." —Mary Ratliff, editor, SF Bayview

Haymarket Books, paperback, 258pp

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