On this episode of Edge of Sports, Chris Kluwe joins the show to talk about his act of civil disobedience.
Retired football player and now author Chris Kluwe speaks at the 19th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC on April 12, 2014.(Lilly Lawrence / WireImage)
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
This week, we speak to former NFL player Chris Kluwe. Kluwe made news this week for his protest of MAGA at a Huntingdon Beach city council meeting, garnering headlines worldwide. We discuss what led to that moment, why he did what he did, and the sports world’s reaction to this administration and what explains it.
Zirin, Why Democrats Won’t Throw a Real Punch
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-party-fecklessness/
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This week, we speak to former NFL player Chris Kluwe. Kluwe made news this week for his protest of MAGA at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting, garnering headlines worldwide. We discuss what led to that moment, why he did what he did, and the sports world’s reaction to this administration and what explains it.
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
We talk to Tom Nelson about his back on the Green Bay Packers and Arya joins the show again to talk Eastern Conference.
Body: This week we talk to Tom Nelson about his new book, “The Green and Gold Standard: A People's History of the Green Bay Packers,” with an emphasis on how they became fan-owned. Also, we talk to the hoops savant Arya Shirazi about the NBA’s Eastern Conference
Zirin, The Bogus Lakers Sale Is Exactly Why We Need Publicly Owned Sports Teams
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/los-angeles-lakers-sale-private-equity/
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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 the author of a new book, The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn.