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Edge of Sports Recent Columns http://www.edgeofsports.com/ Edge of Sports is the home of political sportswriter Dave Zirin en-us Copyright 2010 Edge of Sports, Inc. All rights reserved. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 04:00:02 EST Thu, 2 Sep 2010 04:00:02 EST Edge of Sports - Latest Columns webCOMAND http://www.edgeofsports.com/archives.html 60 Edge of Sports Recent Columns http://www.edgeofsports.com/images/rssfeed.gif http://www.edgeofsports.com/ 1329 204 Don’t do it Albert! A Plea for Albert Pujols to not attend Glenn Beck’s Rally on the Mall http://www.edgeofsports.com/2010-08-27-569/index.html <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">As a person who believes strongly that athletes shouldnt just shut up and play, and have a responsibility to speak out on political issues, Ive been asked if its hypocritical to ask Pujols not to attend Beck's rally. Hardly. Pujols is more than just the finest Major League hitter of his generation, and the third youngest man to ever hit 400 home runs. He also emerged recently as the most prominent voice in Major League Baseball against Arizonas anti-immigrant racial profiling law SB 1070. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST Revelations of Rot: Behind Baseball's Corporate Crime Wave http://www.edgeofsports.com/2010-08-26-568/index.html Lets look at what we have before us: leaked documents that by all accounts should be part of the public record; an alarming snapshot of corruption, waste, and fraud that connects the seamiest worlds of politics and big business; calls to prosecute whoever might be responsible for daring to drag truth into the light of day.<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> No, this isnt a summary of the WikiLeaks scandal that exposed the brutal facts that surround the US quagmire in Afghanistan. It's Major League Baseball... Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST Enrique Morones: The Man Who Would Move the Game http://www.edgeofsports.com/2010-08-23-567/index.html Enrique Morones has been at the heart of the movement to move the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game from the state of Arizona. As much as anyone in the United States, he is uniquely positioned to provide leadership on the connection between baseball and the rights of immigrants. For six years, Morones worked for the San Diego Padres as a Vice President in charge of connecting the franchise to the Latino community, Major League Baseballs first Department of Hispanic Marketing. In addition, Morones is the founder of Border Angels, an organization that leaves blankets, food and water on the rough desert terrain to provide tools of survival for people crossing the border. Here I speak to Mr. Morones about his work.  Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST Clemens Shouldn't Have to Take the Fall http://www.edgeofsports.com/2010-08-22-566/index.html Roger Clemens is about as popular in baseball circles as jock itch. The man is such a pariah, he makes Barry Bonds look like Justin Bieber. Yet we should hold the cheers over the recent news that Clemens has been indicted on perjury charges for lying in front of Congress on questions related his much-denied steroid use. Not one owner has ever been called to account for the steroid era in Major League Baseball. Not one person who has called an owner's box home has had to answer questions about steroid use. Until that changes, our eyes are focused on the wrong targets. Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST Rain, Risk Takers, Racists, and Rancor: Demonstrating Against the D-Backs http://www.edgeofsports.com/2010-08-18-565/index.html On Sunday in DC, I attended the seventeenth ballpark protest of the Arizona Diamondbacks during the 2011 baseball season. As in the other actions—in cities from Houston to San Francisco to Milwaukee—people chanted a loud and clear message to Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="http://movethegame.org/">move the 2011 All-Star Game out of Arizona</a> and make the state pay a price for enacting legislation that sacrifices immigrant families at the altar of election-year politics. But this demonstration was also deeply different from the sixteen others. It was a day of rain, risk-takers, racists and rancor. And it couldnt have been more terrific.<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST