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FOOLISH GAMES Sportswriter Dave Zirin reads from and signs “What’s My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States” (Haymarket Books).The book is a political look at American sports, from the integration of major league baseball to what the labor movement can learn from sports unions. Friday, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Astor Place, 4 Astor Place at Broadway, 212-420-1322, free.


DIGGING UP TRASH Americans generate more than four pounds of trash each person, each day. Where does it all end up? Author Elizabeth Royte discusses her new book, “Garbarge Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash.” Saturday, 6 p.m., BookCourt, 163 Court St. at Dean Street, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, 718-875-3677, free.


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