BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 04: Tahj Washington #16 of the USC Trojans receives kick from the California Golden Bears at California Memorial Stadium on December 04, 2021 in Berkeley, California. (Photo by Michael Urakami/Getty Images)
This week we speak to Ben Carrington about USC’s new head coach Lincoln Riley and the bloated contract the university offered him. Carrington goes into detail about the big issues in college athletics including the transfer portal and the very structure of college sports.
We also have Choice Words about a hedge fund investor who owns a sizable portion of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors and the comments he made about what’s happening to the Uighurs. Plus, the Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down awards, and another special playoff edition of Jake’s Takes as well. All this and more on this week’s show!
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Dave ZirinTwitterDave 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.