boycotts of Israel On June 2, 2010, writing for The Nation, Zirin justified the decision of the Turkish U-19 soccer team to boycott a match against Israel. He described the Gaza flotilla raid as an act of state terror committed by the Israeli government and proposed a boycott of Israel. Criticism of Hank Williams, Jr. On October 6, 2011, during a live interview conducted on the sports cable television network, ESPN, Zirin referred to Hank Williams, Jr. as racist and proslavery after Williams, the writer and singer of ESPN's then-Monday Night Football theme song, made a political statement in which he compared multiracial US President Barack Obama to former German national socialist leader, Adolf Hitler. Defense of Barry Bonds In an undated interview, Zirin claims “I never wrote that I "believe Bonds has never done steroids."” He continues: “unlike oh so many others, the man never actually failed a steroids test. Is there a ton of circumstantial evidence that the man juiced? Absolutely. But he is still the best player I've ever seen. The best player of what will go down as the anabolic era.” Zirin claims that, rather than steroid use, “much of the reaction to Bonds is simply bad old-fashioned racism”. Some of his articles and interviews defending Bonds include: The Juice and the Noose (November/December 2006) The Unforgiven: Jack Johnson and Barry Bonds, Edge of Sports (June 19, 2007) Barry Bonds: Steroids, Scapegoats and Sweet Satisfaction, Edge of Sports (August 9, 2007) Indicted!: Barry Bonds Busted by a Broken System, Edge of Sports (November 15, 2007) Bosses’ Boycott: The Bonds Vanishes, Edge of Sports (May 12, 2008) No Softballs: Dave Zirin (undated interview) Bibliography What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States, Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2005. | Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports, Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2007. | Muhammad Ali Handbook, Chicago: MB Press, 2007. | A People's History of Sports In The United States", The New Press, 2008. | Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love, New York: Scribner Books, 2010. | The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World, Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2011. | Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down, The New Press. 2013. | Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy, Haymarket Books. 2014. Things That Make