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No Diamonds: The Most Important Sports Films That Aren’t Baseball

On this episode of Edge of Sports, Arya Shirazi joins the show to talk about the best sports movies.

Dave Zirin

January 15, 2025

Edge of Sports

Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin

No Diamonds: The Most Important Sports Films That Aren’t Baseball
byDave Zirin / The Nation

Hoosiers? Slap Shot? Boxcar Bertha? Today, film savant Arya Shirazi joins the show to talk about the baseball movies that could have been. 

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Hoosiers? Slap Shot? Boxcar Bertha? Today, film savant Arya Shirazi joins the Edge of Sports podcast to talk about the baseball movies that could have been.

Edge of Sports

Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin

How Rev. Jesse Jackson Understood Sports & a Winter Olympics Round-up
byDave Zirin / The Nation

This week, we speak with author Bijan Bayne about the late Rev. Jesse Jackson's relationship with the sports world. We also speak to sports journalist Frankie de la Cretaz about the off-field dramas surrounding the 2026 Winter Olympics

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Dave ZirinDave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is also the coproducer and writer of the new documentary Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL.


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