Dave Zirin
Sports Editor
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SportsDecember 13, 2021
The Year in Sports: Athletes Face Backlash but Refuse to Back Down
This past year’s reaction to the 2020 upsurge reflected—and shaped—broader currents in society.
Dave Zirin
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SportsDecember 1, 2021
Enes Kanter Freedom: The NBA Authoritarian Against Authoritarianism
By attacking LeBron James and appearing on Tucker Carlson’s show, the NBA player has taken his causes and delivered them into the arms of the right wing.
Dave Zirin
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SportsNovember 30, 2021
Should We Trust Thomas Bach About the Safety of Peng Shuai?
Chinese Olympian Peng Shuai disappeared after accusing a top party official of sexual assault. She reemerged after weeks to call… IOC President Thomas Bach?
Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
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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