On this episode of Edge of Sports, a talk from 2023 on sports during authoritarianism and Arya on NBA injury what-ifs.
Clipper Shaun Livingston is taken off the court after getting injured at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Monday, February 26, 2007. (Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
This week, we have a talk I gave two years ago about the social function of sports in an authoritarian society. It rings more true today, and I wanted to share it with you all. Also, I talked to basketball savant Arya Shirazi about the injuries that changed the course of NBA history.
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 have a talk I gave two years ago about the social function of sports in an authoritarian society. It rings more true today, and I wanted to share it with you all. Also, I talked to basketball savant Arya Shirazi about the injuries that changed the course of NBA history.
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Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
This week we speak to sports journalist and author Leander Schaerlaeckens. He has covered the US Men's National team at four World Cups and is the author of the terrific new book The Long Game U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Savage, Four-Decade Journey to the Top, or Thereabouts.
We also talk to Dr. Vincent Intondi, Executive Director of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, about how their organization is using the World Cup to reach people politically.
Zirin, Trump Is Trying to Rig the World Cup
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-usmnt-belgium-balogun-fifa/
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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.