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Fully revised and updated from the 2014 edition, bringing readers up to date before the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. Assesses the final tally of debt and displacement that accompanied the 2014 World Cup, as well as eyewitness accounts of militarised police crackdowns.
About the author
Dave Zirin: Dave Zirin, The Nation’s sports correspondent, is the author, most recently, of Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down. Named one of UTNE Reader’s “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World,” Zirin is a frequent guest on MSNBC, ESPN and Democracy Now! He also hosts his own weekly Sirius XM show, Edge of Sports Radio.
Summary
The leading US commentator on the politics of sports explores the coming Olympics in Brazil.
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First edition featured/reviewed in: NPR's All Things Considered, NPR Morning Edition, Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Economist, PBS Newshour, Deadspin, ESPN, The Millions, CNN, WNYC, MSNBC's Melissa Harris Perry Show, Democracy Now!, The Nation, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews
Dave Zirin has regular column at The Nation, and is regular guest on MSNBC, ESPN, NPR and more
Dave Zirin hosts weekly radio show The Edge of Sports
National Print Campaign: Will send advance copies to NY Times, SF Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Mother Jones, The Nation, Washington Post, Wall St. Journal, Associated Press, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, as well as trade publications Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and Foreword Reviews
National TV & Radio Campaign: MSNBC, PBS Newshour, Democracy Now!, C-SPAN BookTV, The Daily Show, Real Time w/ Bill Maher, Tavis Smiley, David Sirota Progressive Talk, GRIT TV, NPR
Online and Social Media Campaign: Haymarket Books has 13k FB fans, 8k Twitter followers. Dave Zirin has 50k twitter followers.
Promotion on authors website edgeofsports.com
Publicity and promotion in conjunction with author's speaking engagements
Published to coincide with 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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"Brother Dave Zirin is the finest, most important writer on sports and politics in America."
Dr. Cornel West
