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The Ballad of Kobe Bean

On this episode of Edge of Sports, Arya Shirazi joins the show for part two of our discussion on basketball “butterfly effects.”

Dave Zirin

August 28, 2023

Kobe Bryant in 2015.(Rob Carr / Getty Images)

Edge of Sports

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

Basketball Butterfly Effect Part II: The Ballad of Kobe Bean
byDave Zirin / The Nation

This week on the Edge of Sports Podcast, part two of our discussion with basketball savant Arya Shirazi about basketball butterfly effects. This time, we're talking about what would have happened if Kobe Bryant, on draft night 1996, had not been traded to the Los Angeles Lakers and had instead been kept by the Charlotte Hornets.

Also, we have words about the controversy surrounding Michael Oher and the Blind Side. 

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This week on the Edge of Sports podcast, we have part two of our discussion with basketball savant Arya Shirazi about basketball “butterfly effects.”

This time, we’re talking about what would have happened if Kobe Bryant, on draft night 1996, had not been traded to the Los Angeles Lakers and had instead been kept by the Charlotte Hornets. Also, I have words about the controversy surrounding Michael Oher and the Blind Side.

Edge of Sports

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

The Atlanta Braves or the Atlanta Bravest? Also, the March for Mumia
byDave Zirin / The Nation

This week, we speak to Chris Buccafusco about his organization, Atlanta Bravest, and what they are doing to combat indigenous mascoting. Also, sound from the March for Mumia onto the grounds of his prison, which took on the issue not only of Mumia’s incarceration but also of elder and medical abuse inside our prisons. 

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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.


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