Journalist and Trans Athlete Karleigh Webb & Great Point Guards of Yesteryear
On this week’s episode of Edge of Sports, Karleigh Webb and Arya Shirazi join the show.

Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
This week, we speak to Outsports journalist and Connecticut Ambush football player Karleigh Webb about her journey and insights on trans issues in sports. Also, we speak to hoops savant Arya Shirazi about the long-lost days of the court general, who was the point guard. We also remember the late great John Feinstein.
Karleigh Webb
https://www.outsports.com/author/karleigh-webb/
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Zirin, “I’m Terrified”: Trans-Feminine Athletes in Their Own Words
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trans-women-athletes-forum/
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U.S. President Donald Trump joined by cis-women athletes, signing the “No Men in Women’s Sports” executive order in the East Room at the White House, on February 5, 2025.
(Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)This week’s episode of Edge of Sports, we speak to Outsports journalist and Connecticut Ambush football player Karleigh Webb about her journey and insights on trans issues in sports.
Also on this episode, we speak to hoops savant Arya Shirazi about the long-lost days of the court general, who was the point guard. We also remember the late great John Feinstein.
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Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
This week, we speak to Paul Knepper about his new book, Moses Malone: The Life Of A Basketball Prophet. Also, we talked to the hoops savant Arya Shirazi about what we’ve learned so far this NBA season and which preseason prediction we wish we could do over.
Zirin, Sports Media Has Forgotten About CTE Even After Player Deaths
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/nfl-concussion-cte-sports-media/
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