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Mixing Sports And Politics
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DAVE ZIRIN: Well, there's been a big change in the world of sports since roughly 2008. And one of those changes is athletes becoming more sophisticated with tools like social media and going beyond the sports media that they largely do not trust to speak to fans directly about the issues that they care about. The other issue is that since 2008, there's been a lot of crisis,[url=http://billigmonclerjackenkaufen.olimx.com/][b]Moncler Jacke[/b][/url], both in this country and around the world. And as one athlete says - and I quote him in the book - he says,[url=http://woolrichparkaschweiz.albirank.net/][b]Woolrich Parka Schweiz[/b][/url], "Look,[url=http://giuseppezanottisneakerssale.olimx.com/][b]giuseppe zanotti sneakers[/b][/url], it's not like athletes have our own CNN channel that we watch. We're part of this world too. And when we see things,[url=http://parajumperssalenorge.albirank.net/][b]Parajumpers Jakke Outlet Salg Parajumpers Long Bear Online Norge Butikk[/b][/url], we want to respond to it."
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