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January 23, 2023
Kendrick Perkins on Biography, Basketball, and Black History
On this week’s episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, we speak to 14-year NBA veteran and basketball analyst Kendrick Perkins about his new autobiography.
Dave Zirin
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December 29, 2022
Grim Until Griner: The Year in Sports and Politics
In 2022, silence and fear ruled the day. But Brittney Griner’s freedom provides a road map for all of us.
Dave Zirin
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December 8, 2022
A Vindication for Agitation: Brittney Griner Is Coming Home
Many of the obstacles to freeing Brittney Griner were domestic, not foreign.
Dave Zirin
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November 29, 2022
The Response to Brittney Griner’s Capture Is an Indictment of the Right and the “Left”
Why is commonsense solidarity so difficult?
Dave Zirin
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November 23, 2022
Brittney Griner’s Jail Conditions Speak to the Urgency of Bringing Her Home
If the US doesn’t bring her back, the basketball star’s nine-year prison sentence in Russia’s “land of prisons” will likely be brutal.
Dave Zirin
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November 8, 2022
Unpacking Kyrie Irving
This week on the Edge of Sports podcast, basketball coach Arya Shirazi joins the show to talk about the young NBA season, plus Dave Zirin revisits Irving’s anti-Semitism.
Dave Zirin
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November 7, 2022
The NBA’s Hypocrisies Are Sabotaging Its Response to Kyrie Irving
The league won’t acknowledge its own culpability for the current climate of hate.
Dave Zirin
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November 1, 2022
Kyrie Irving and the Fraught History of Our Collective Liberation
Kyrie’s anti-Semitism isn’t new, but his allies are. And that’s terrifying.
Dave Zirin
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October 20, 2022
On Her Birthday, We Learned About Brittney Griner’s Suffering
In an interview with her attorneys, the WNBA superstar revealed more details about her conditions in a Russian prison cell.
Dave Zirin
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September 28, 2022
Brittney Griner Gets No Support From Former Coach Kim Mulkey
The championship coach could not offer even a nod of solidarity to her former player languishing in a Russian prison.
Dave Zirin