Dave Zirin

The basketball great is now better known for his tie-dye and enthusiastic sports commentary, but in the 1970s, he was a polarizing anti-government activist.

As baseball celebrates the 75th anniversary of Robinson’s breaking the color line, it’s worth remembering a man at odds with his own myth.

Like it or not, the “Miracle on Ice” team has long allowed itself to be used by the worst actors in our politics.

The causes were many, but police brutality and economic insecurity were supercharged in Los Angeles after the 1984 Olympics.