What Do the 1984 Olympics Teach Us? 

What Do the 1984 Olympics Teach Us? 

Sports Illustrated’s L. Jon Wertheim joins the show to talk about his new book.

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This week we talk to L. Jon Wertheim about his new book Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever. We talk about 1984 sports, music, and what was taking place in the world that made that particular summer transformative.

We’ve also got Choice Words about Antonio Brown and his exit from last week’s Bucs-Jets game. We have Just Stand Up and Sit Your Ass Down awards to, respectively, the incredible Sidney Poitier for an incredible life lived as an actor and activist, and Aaron Rodgers who will likely win the NFL MVP and increasingly appears to be an avatar for the libertarian right. All this and more on this week’s show!

Jon Wertheim
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Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever

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Antonio Brown Is a Damning Reflection of the NFL

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Dave ZirinDave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is also the coproducer and writer of the new documentary Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL.


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