Podcast / Edge of Sports / Jan 23, 2025

Should College Football Die?

On this episode of Edge of Sports, we’re live at Politics & Prose talking about a new book titled The End of College Football.

Edge of Sports
Edge of Sports

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

“Should College Football Die?”
byDave Zirin / The Nation

Body: This week, we come from the famed Politics & Prose bookstore in Washington, DC, where I interview Derek Silva on the new book he co-authored, The End of College Football. His co-author, Nathan Kalman-Lamb, was denied entry to the U.S. from Canada, which we discussed. Thank you, Politics & Prose for permission to use the audio!

Zirin, Why Did the US Block a Canadian Professor From His Own Book Event?

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/nathan-kalman-lamb-end-college-football-barred-entry/

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This week, we come from the famed Politics & Prose bookstore in Washington, DC, where I interview Derek Silva on the new book he co-authored, The End of College Football. His co-author, Nathan Kalman-Lamb, was denied entry to the United States from Canada, which we discussed. Thank you, Politics & Prose, for permission to publish the audio!

Edge of Sports
Edge of Sports

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

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byDave Zirin / The Nation

This week we talk about the politics and promise of the 2026-2027 NBA season with the Hoops Savant Arya Shirazi. It gets no better. 

Zirin, The WNBA, Past and Present and Irish Sport for Palestine

https://www.thenation.com/podcast/politics/eos-100726/

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Dave Zirin

Dave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is the author of a new book, The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn.

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