Edge of Sports
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
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- Description
- Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-05-05 18:27
- last episode published
- 2024-05-03 19:30
- publication frequency
- 9.17 days
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- Dave Zirin / The Nation
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- Number of Episodes
- 388
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Episodes
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| 2024-05-03 |
Former A's Bruce Maxwell calls out Oakland A's owner John Fisher for Vegas move After more than 50 years, the Oakland A's announced their departure from the city last year, leaving Oakland bereft of its sports teams after the flight of the Warriors in 2019 and the Raiders in 2020. To the dismay of fans, the A's plan to temporarily... |
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| 2024-04-22 | This week we discuss why New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson should not be seen is anybody’s underdog. Also, we break down who is going to win the first round playoff, matchups, with an eye on the politics of the games.Zirin, “The 2024 Olympics Are Alre... |
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| 2024-04-11 | Dallas Mavericks’ backcourt of Luka Doncic and Kyrie is the most thrilling guard combo in the league and perhaps ever. Yet very few thought their coming together would work. We explore why.Zirin, “Coaching Great Dawn Staley Defends Trans Athletes”https... |
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| 2024-03-31 | Arya joins the pod again to talk about the rising of the international influence of the NBA, it’s early roots, and where the game may be headed. Zirin, “Online Gambling Has Swallowed Professional Sports”https://www.thenation.com/article/society/online-... |
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| 2024-03-13 | Arya Shirazi joins the show to talk about the current state of the NBA, and we discuss what the implications of this game are moving forward and how we feel about the direction it’s heading aesthetically and as an entertainment product. Zirin, “Jonatha... |
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| 2024-03-04 |
Irish athlete activist on organizing a sports boycott of Israel Rebecca O'Keeffe helped spark an international firestorm within the world of sports when she called on the Irish women’s basketball team to boycott its Feb. 8 match against Israel. While O'Keeffe's calls for a boycott ultimately went unheeded, her acti... |
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| 2024-02-19 |
Basketball Butterfly Effect: The Forgotten Stars of the NBA’s 1980s In this episode, we talk about the truly forgotten players of the NBA, particularly during the 1980s, such a unique era in the history of the NBA, and theorize on why they are not remembered as intently as others. Zirin, “What the Super Bowl Parade Sho... |
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| 2024-02-09 |
Basketball Butterfly Effect: How the Pistons Clawed Their Way to Two Titles The 1980s and 1990s were defined by basketball dynasties like the Lakers, Celtics, and Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls. Yet in the midst of this unprecedented stretch of dominance, the Detroit Pistons won two and could’ve very easily won four NBA titles... |
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| 2024-01-29 |  New York is the Mecca of basketball. So what explains the city’s inability to score an NBA championship in the last half-century. Arya Shirazi joins the show to talk about this historical oddity.Zirin, What Naomi Klein Taught Me About Aaron Rodgershtt... |
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| 2024-01-12 |
Basketball Butterfly Effect: Why Didn’t LeBron ever play Kobe in the Finals? Kobe Bryant and Lebron James are two of the most defining players of their generation and NBA history. While a considerable portion of their careers overlapped, the two never met in the NBA finals. Why? What would have happened? Arya and I discuss on t... |
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