final thoughts on this day, dave zirin? >> my final thoughts is, i mean, we have civil and criminal courts for a reason. we can all hope and pray that sandusky's victims get justice and they take as large a piece at a penn state university as $1.8 billion endowment as possible, but i do not trust the n.c.a.a. to me that adjudicatinr very existence ensures more coverups and more scandals in the future. >> dave zirin, thank you for being with us, sports columnist for "the nation" magazine, author of many books including, "bad sports: how owners are ruining the games we love." his most recent book with john carlos is th, "the john carlos story: the sports moment that changed the world." we will be back in a moment. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. residents of anaheim, california -- home to disneyland -- are protesting after police shot and killed an unarmed man on saturday. he was the seventh to die in an officer-involved shooting this year. a witness to

. >> dave zirin will join us talking olympics with us.rawford democratic strategist and blogger. i see him often on current tv. he will be here as a friend of bill a little later. and larry sabato down at the university of virginia will be along as well. but first: >> this is the full court press. >> well, bill, dancing with the stars announced the competitors for its upcoming 15th season the first time a top-rated, all-star season. >> you are oozing that term a little loosely. they include boast past champions and runners up. the pamela anderson christi allen and our favorite bristol palin. >> bristol palin. >> wendell tucker. >> tucker. where is tucker? here is the deal. okay. look. we dodged the bullet by not getting sarah palin in the white house. you know who won that election? bristol palin. now we are stuck with this air head. >> got a t.v. show now. >> a t.v. show. you know, she's got -- i don't know. all of this publicity on the cover of these teen magazines. she has a book out. right? she has become the go-to person for advice o

dave zirin in studio. judd legham will join us at the half.well but first >> this is the full court press. >> other headlines making news on this tuesday, elton john gave a very powerful speech at the international aids conference in washington yesterday. he took time to praise politicians on both sides of the aisle for their work to badge the disease including former president george w. bush and talked about his personal life and said he shouldn't be alive because of his lifestyle in the 1980s, but should be 6 feet under but because all of all of the love. >> that's a big conference. even the most hardcore critics of george w. bush will give him credit for the aids stuff. >> a lot of money in it. >> gabby giffords' recovery is going rather well. a year and a half after the shooting, the former congresswoman has made her first trip outside of the u.s. in the french alps. they rode a cable car up to 12,000 feet seeing spectacular views in france, italy and switzerland. >> i took that caballe car. i got off and collapsed with lack of oxygen. i t

we turn to the sports editor for the "nation" magazine, dave zirin.back. >> great to be here, bill. >> bill: are you like really, really excited to watch the all-star game tonight? >> i haven't been really, really excited to watch the all-star game since 1984. >> bill: thank you! >> i think -- maybe it was '83 fred lynn was the mvp. the a.l. won 14-4. i remember precise details about that game and might be the last time i remember details about the all-star game that didn't involve me saying to myself what is that look on bud selig's face? why is he calling the game? what is wrong with this man? other than that, it's been awhile. >> bill: i really don't get the point. i guess it is tradition why they do it. >> that's the worst part about it right now. because if it is going to be spectacle, let it be spectacle. let it be for the die-hard fan. but bud selig in his infinite wisdom and wisdom, i'm doing air quotes with my fingers. >> bill: i got it. >> infinite wisdom has decided the winner of the game gets -- that's the league that gets home field advan