Podcast / Edge of Sports / Sep 20, 2024

The History and Future of the Black Quarterback 

On this episode of Edge of Sports, Dr. Louis Moore joins the show to talk about his new book.

Edge of Sports
Edge of Sports

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

The History and Future of the Black Quarterback 
byDave Zirin / The Nation

This week we speak to Dr. Louis Moore about his groundbreaking new book: The Great Black Hope: Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback. You don’t want to miss this episode.

Zirin, Tyreek Hill and Player Policing, NBA Off-Season Intrigues

https://www.thenation.com/podcast/archive/eos-091324-tyreekhill/

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Doug Williams of the Washington Redskins scrambles with the ball during a 1987 NFL season game.

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On this episode of Edge of Sports, we speak to Dr. Louis Moore about his groundbreaking new book: The Great Black Hope: Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback. You won’t want to miss this episode.

Edge of Sports
Edge of Sports

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

Did Trump Doom the US Men at the World Cup? / Edge of Sports
byDave Zirin / The Nation

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 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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