Podcast / Edge of Sports / Mar 17, 2025

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.

Edge of Sports
Edge of Sports

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

Journalist and Trans Athlete Karleigh Webb & Great Point Guards of Yesteryear
byDave Zirin / The Nation

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

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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.

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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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Edge of Sports
Edge of Sports

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

How Racism Shadows the 250th with Eddie Glaude… and The Knicks!
byDave Zirin / The Nation

This week, we speak to the great bestselling author Dr. Eddie Glaude about his new book America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries.” We also speak to Hoops Savant Arya Shirazi about the Knicks-Spurs NBA finals. 

From Brunson to Wemby, truly hoops nirvana. 

Zirin, Soccer’s Shadow and Sunlight: the Fascist History of the World Cup and 20 Years of Soccer Without Borders

https://www.thenation.com/podcast/culture/eos-052826/

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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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