E-mail a friendSeptember 22, 2008
In an exclusive conversation, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen describes the military that the next U.S. president will inherit. Sportswriter David Zirin, author of A People's History of Sports in the United States, says that sports and politics do not exist in different worlds.
Adm. Michael Mullen
Adm. Michael Mullen
Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman gives his thoughts on the recent bombing at the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan. (2:19)
Full interview. (13:57)
Adm. Michael Mullen became Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman in '07. As such, he's the principal military advisor to the president, defense secretary and the National Security and Homeland Security Councils. He previously served as Naval Operations chief, Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and the Allied Joint Force Command Naples and Vice Chief of Naval Operations. A Los Angeles native, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and completed the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.
David Zirin
David Zirin
Sportswriter tells how boxer Muhammad Ali navigated the intersection of sports and politics in the '60s and how today's athletes measure up. (3:08)
Full interview. (10:39)
David Zirin has made a career of addressing sports issues that are overlooked by corporate sports media. He writes the weekly online column, "The Edge of Sports," and is host of XM Radio's Edge of Sports Radio. His work has appeared in The Progressive and the Philadelphia Weekly, and he's a regular op-ed writer for the Los Angeles Times. Zirin's books include Welcome to the Terrordome and A People's History of Sports in the United States, which examines the crossroads of sports and politics.