Anti-Trans Bigots Try to Divide/Destroy WNBA
Frankie de la Cretaz joins Edge of Sports to talk about what’s happening in the WNBA right now.
Edge of Sports
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
Unpacking Macklemore and the Iron Sheik
This week we speak about the rapper Macklemore and why all hell broke loose on Ed Sheeran's tour when he said the words "Free Palestine." And what the heck did Patriots owner Robert Kraft have to do with any of this? Also, we speak to Arya Shirazi about the political legacy of Hulk Hogan and the Iron Sheik.
Zirin, Justice for Macklemore
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/macklemore-ed-sheeran-robert-kraft-palestine/
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Enes Kanter of the Boston Celtics looks on against the Miami Heat on October 15, 2021, in Miami, Florida.
(Michael Reaves / Getty Images)This week we speak to Frankie de la Cretaz of the indispensable website Out of Your League, which looks at the intersection of sports and gender, about Sophia Cunningham, ugly transphobia, and why the WNBA is tolerating hate rallies at their games.
Also, I have Choice Words about lessons from the life of Howard Zinn
Read Zirin’s “Liberals Are Shaming Howard Zinn’s Memory Yet Again.”
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Basketball Butterfly Effect: Steph Curry & the Knicks | Edge of Sports with Dave Zirin
In Part 6 of our series, Basketball Butterfly Effect, Arya Shirazi joins the show again to discuss the 2009 NBA draft and the Knicks coming close to getting Davidson sharpshooter Steph Curry, the most revolutionary player of his generation. You don’t want to miss this episode!
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