Video: Dave Zirin Talks Hank Williams Jr., ESPN’s Troubled Politics

Video: Dave Zirin Talks Hank Williams Jr., ESPN’s Troubled Politics

Video: Dave Zirin Talks Hank Williams Jr., ESPN’s Troubled Politics

Nation sports columnist Dave Zirin takes on the controversy surrounding Williams’s comments in a spirited debate on ESPN yesterday.

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Was ESPN’s recent firing of Hank Williams Jr. an appropriate response to his inflammatory politics—or a violation of free speech? In a spirited debate on ESPN yesterday, Nation sports columnist Dave Zirin took on the controversy surrounding Williams’s comments, and discussed the problematic implications of Williams’s long involvement in Monday Night football. You can read Zirin’s article about Williams’s firing here.

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