What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States

$15.00

The Sports industry has long needed an alternative voice, someone to rage away at issues of money, race, and celebrity. Dave Zirin is that voice. --Lester Munson, Sports Illustrated I am a baseball fan, and I love this book. It is so refreshing to have a sportswriter who writes with such verve and intelligence, who also has a social conscience, and who refuses to keep those parts of his life separate. This is a rare contribution to social history, something I have been looking for, a sports history that understands how the issues of race and class are inextricable from the world of sports. --Howard Zinn, third baseman, switch hitter, historian This book aims to recall moments of resistance past and rescue the underreported shows of struggle and humanity by athletes fo the present, so we can appreciate the beauty of sports independent of the muck and fight for a future where skill, art, glory, and the joy of play belong to all of us. --Dave Zirin 292pp, softcover, Includes chapters on resistance to racism, sexism and homophobia in sports Price: $ 15.00

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