Dave Zirin
Sports Editor
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November 23, 2021
When Women’s Soccer Started a Revolution
Rob Goldman joins the show to talk about his new book, The Sisterhood: The 99ers and the Rise of U.S. Women’s Soccer.
Dave Zirin
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SportsNovember 20, 2021
Where Is Peng Shuai? And What Is the IOC Going to Do About It?
With the 2022 Beijing Olympics looming, the IOC’s silence in the case of a missing tennis star who accused a Chinese official of sexual assault speaks volumes.
Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
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SportsNovember 18, 2021
We Need Barcelona’s Hidden Radical History Now More Than Ever
The 1992 Barcelona Olympics changed a city that in the 1930s wanted to change the course of world history.
Dave Zirin
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SportsNovember 3, 2021
Colin Kaepernick, the Virginia Elections, and the Canary in the Coal Mine
The recent controversy sparked by his Netflix special’s depiction of slavery and the NFL is a microcosm of the political battles defining our country.
Dave Zirin
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November 2, 2021
The Hidden History of the National Women’s Football League
Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D’Arcangelo join the show to talk about their new book, Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women’s Football League.
Dave Zirin
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SportsOctober 27, 2021
100 Days to the Beijing Olympics
As the countdown to the Winter Olympics begins, the games are already engulfed in controversy.
Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
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October 26, 2021
Why the Knicks of the ’90s Are a Timeless Team
Author Paul Knepper explains why that classic lineup remains an obsession for so many.
Dave Zirin
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SportsOctober 25, 2021
Kyrie Irving Needs to Say “Not In My Name”
The right wing is now using the basketball star’s name as an anti-vaccine rallying cry.
Dave Zirin
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SportsOctober 22, 2021
Congress Escalates Pressure on the NFL to Release the Washington Football Team Report
In a surprise move, two representatives are calling on the NFL to release a report many fear will be buried without public pressure.
Dave Zirin
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October 19, 2021
Talking NFL E-Mails With Andrew Brandt
Former NFL executive Andrew Brandt joins the show to discuss Jon Gruden’s e-mails, the NFL, and the Washington Football Team.
Dave Zirin