Dave Zirin, Press Action's 2005 le 2006 Sportswriter of the Year, e 'nile ea bitsoa "setšoantšo lefatšeng la lipapali tse tsoelang pele." Robert Lipsyte o re ke "sengoli sa lipapali se senyenyane ka ho fetisisa United States." Ka bobeli ke moqolotsi oa litaba bakeng sa Makasine ea SLAM, motlatsi oa kamehla ho Makasine ea Sechaba, le sengoli se tloaelehileng sa op-ed bakeng sa Los Angeles Times.

Buka ea morao-rao ea Zirin ke Rea u amohela ho Terrordome: Bohloko, Lipolotiki, le Tšepiso ea Lipapali(Libuka tsa Haymarket). Ka pele ho rapper Chuck D, buka ena ke pono e khahlang le e tsosang takatso ea lefats'e la lipapali ho feta tse ling.

Libuka tse ling tsa Zirin li kenyelletsa Buka ea Muhammad Ali, ponahalo e matla, e hohelang le e rutang ho e 'ngoe ea lipalo tse ikhethang tsa mehla ea rona le Lebitso laka ke Mang, Lehlanya? Lipapali & Khanyetso United States (Haymarket Books), buka eo e leng karolo ea kakaretso ea lipuisano tsa baatlelete, karolo ea nalane le litokelo tsa botho, le karolo ea tlhahiso ea likhoebo tse kholo e lekolang mabala a lipapali a "boemo" le ho tlisa ho hloka toka holimo ho bonts'a hore na likarolo tsena tse sa tšoaneng li bonahatsa joang. mekhoa e tšoenyang e hlalosang sechaba sa rona se seholo. O boetse o ngotse buka ea bana e bitsoang Lebitso la ka ke Erica Montoya de la Cruz (RC Owen).

Zirin ke mohlalosi oa beke le beke oa thelevishene [ka sathelaete] bakeng sa The Score, marang-rang a pele a Canada a lihora tse 24 tsa lipapali. O tlisitse motsoako oa hae oa lipapali le lipolotiki mananeong a mangata a thelevishene ho kenyelletsa ESPN's Outside the Lines, ESPN Classic, BBC's Extratime, CNBC's The Big Idea le Donny Deutsch (debating steroids le Jose Canseco le John Rocker), C-SPAN's BookTV, the Litaba tsa hoseng tsa WNBC New York City; le Demokerasi Hona Joale le Amy Goodman.

O bile mananeong a mangata a seea-le-moea a naha ho kenyeletsa Talk of the Nation ea National Public Radio; Air America le XM Radio's On the Real' le Chuck D le Gia'na Garel; Laura Flanders Show, Radio Nation le Marc Cooper; seea-le-moea sa ESPN; Linaleli le Methalo Radio; WOL's The Joe Madison Show; Pacifica's Hard Knock Radio, le tse ling tse ngata. Ke lentsoe la lipapali tsa Labone hoseng ha moputso oa WBAI o hapile "Wake Up Call le Deepa Fernandes."

Zirin e boetse e sebetsa Nalane ea Batho ea Lipapali, karolo ea letoto la Histori ea Batho ea Howard Zinn bakeng sa New Press. Ho phaella moo o sa tsoa saena ho etsa buka le Scribner (Simon & Schuster.) O boetse o sebetsa filiming ea lipapali le lifilimi tsa Barbara Kopple's Cabin Creek mabapi le lipapali le mekhatlo ea sechaba United States.

Mongolo oa Zirin o boetse o hlahile ho New York Newsday, Letsatsi la Baltimore, CBSNEWS.com, Pittsburgh Courier, Mohloli, le lingoliloeng tse ling tse ngata.