The Ballad of Kobe Bean
On this episode of Edge of Sports, Arya Shirazi joins the show for part two of our discussion on basketball “butterfly effects.”
Edge of Sports
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
Basketball Butterfly Effect Part II: The Ballad of Kobe Bean
This week on the Edge of Sports Podcast, part two of our discussion with basketball savant Arya Shirazi about basketball butterfly effects. This time, we're talking about what would have happened if Kobe Bryant, on draft night 1996, had not been traded to the Los Angeles Lakers and had instead been kept by the Charlotte Hornets.
Also, we have words about the controversy surrounding Michael Oher and the Blind Side.
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Kobe Bryant in 2015.
(Rob Carr / Getty Images)This week on the Edge of Sports podcast, we have part two of our discussion with basketball savant Arya Shirazi about basketball “butterfly effects.”
This time, we’re talking about what would have happened if Kobe Bryant, on draft night 1996, had not been traded to the Los Angeles Lakers and had instead been kept by the Charlotte Hornets. Also, I have words about the controversy surrounding Michael Oher and the Blind Side.
Edge of Sports
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
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 relocate to a minor league stadium in Sacramento before permanently moving to Las Vegas in the 2028 season. Former A's catcher Bruce Maxwell joins Edge of Sports to discuss the move, its impact on the local community and workers, and the trajectory of his own career and the place of the A's in his life story.
Zirin, “The Fiction of the “Outside Agitator”
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/outside-agitator-false-narrative/
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