Maya Goldberg-Safir joins Edge of Sports to talk about the new WNBA deal, and we discuss Mohamed Diawara spending Iftar with Zohran Mamdani.
A’ja Wilson poses as she rides on top of a bus during the Las Vegas Aces WNBA championship victory parade on October 17, 2025.(Louis Grasse / Getty Images)
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Maya Goldberg-Safir joins the show to talk about the new WNBA deal, and we talk about spending Iftar in NYC with Mayor Mamdani and Mohamed Diawara.
Body: This week, we speak to Maya Goldberg-Safir, who runs the blog Rough Notes about the WNBA labor deal. Also, we have Choice Words about spending Iftar with Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Mohamad Diawara of the Knicks.
Zirin, Iftar With the Knick and the Mayor
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/iftar-mayor-mamdani-knick-mo-diawara/
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This week, we speak to Maya Goldberg-Safir, who runs the blog Rough Notes, about the WNBA labor deal. Also, we have Choice Words about spending Iftar with Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Mohamad Diawara of the Knicks.
My latest: “Iftar With the Knick and the Mayor”
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Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
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
Zirin, Liberals Are Shaming Howard Zinn’s Memory Yet Again
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/howard-zinn-red-scare-american-veterans/
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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 the author of a new book, The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn.