Join us in Washington, D.C. Wednesday, July 28th @ 6:30pm for the book release party of BAD SPORTS: How Owners Are Ruining The Games We Love by Dave Zirin. The event brought to you by Sports Fans Coalition and Busboys & Poets offers free food and a talk by sports writer and SFC board member Dave Zirin.
Here are all the details:
EVENT: BAD SPORTS Book Release Party
DATE: 7/28/10
TIME: 6:30pm
LOCATION: Busboys & Poets
ADDRESS: 14th & V St. NW DC (2021 14th St NW)
WHAT: Free Food, Conversation, and Entertainment
WEB: www.busboysandpoets.com/events.php
FACEBOOK: Event Page
EMAIL: Jeremiah@SportsFansCoalition.org
PHONE: 202-674-0775
MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE BOOK:
Hailed as the “conscience of American sports writing” (The Washington Post), Dave Zirin has written an explosive call-to-arms that details the increasing power and influence of professional sports and the dictatorial team owners who keep fans, and hometowns, at their mercy. BAD SPORTS (on sale from Scribner on July 20) is a hard-hitting and trenchant look at the politics of sports, from an astute and thought-provoking young sportswriter. Join Dave Zirin as he discusses the new book, and hear why he already has so many fans cheering.
“Zirin puts the politics back in sports and makes good sport of the politics. Even if you don’t know the difference between March Madness and Spring Break, read this book: it’s an original and scathing look at how America works.”
—Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine
“The only thing I like better than pitchers who throw hard, are writers who do the same. In Bad Sports, Dave Zirin does exactly that. No curve balls, no changeups, just fastball after fastball under the chins of owners who say they love sports but make decisions based on profits for profit, the hell with the fans or the quality of the game. Bad Sports doesn’t ask for accountability, it demands it.”
—Howard Bryant, author of The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron
“Every owners nightmare just came to life. Bad Sports is the book that all owners, general managers, presidents and CEO’s of professional sports franchises prayed would never be written. Brilliantly blatant, Dave Zirin separates scandal and innuendo from truth and moral ineptness. Bad Sports proves that although wealthy men in suits may own franchises, they don’t own the game.
—Scoop Jackson, ESPN
“Hard-hitting, fun, ironic and informative, Dave Zirin’s Bad Sports is a riveting look at sports ownership in our time. Zirin takes on the owners in a way only he can and makes you think about sports in a way you never have. This book makes you laugh and it makes you cry, sometimes in the same paragraph.”
—Christine Brennan, USA Today sports columnist, author of Inside Edge and Best Seat in the House
“The smartest and gutsiest sportswriter in America has just written the smartest and gutsiest book about sports – and about America.”
—Robert Lipsyte
“Dave Zirin is Bringing The Noise once more with his expose on the modern day tyranny that has turned athletic entertainment into ‘Gross’ National Product. Dave Z is irreplaceable. He’s the sports world Geiger counter, exposing the truth and protecting the fan from first, second, and third degree burns.”
—Chuck D, Public Enemy
“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
“As Dave Zirin says to fans of corporatized sports teams—“There is a time to cheer and a time to seethe.” Zirin seethes and sometimes applauds with facts and true stories. It’s more exciting reading Bad Sports than 95% of the games I’ve watched.”
—Ralph Nader
