On this episode of Edge Of Sports, Arya Shirazi joins the pod to talk Olympic basketball.
Stephen Curry #4 of Team United States during the Men’s Gold Medal game between Team France and Team United States on day 15 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024.(Jamie Squire / Getty Images)
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
This week we speak to sports journalist and author Leander Schaerlaeckens. He has covered the US Men's National team at four World Cups and is the author of the terrific new book The Long Game U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Savage, Four-Decade Journey to the Top, or Thereabouts.
We also talk to Dr. Vincent Intondi, Executive Director of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, about how their organization is using the World Cup to reach people politically.
Zirin, Trump Is Trying to Rig the World Cup
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-usmnt-belgium-balogun-fifa/
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This week, we have a particular installment of hoops talk with my friend Arya Shirazi, where we talk about Olympic basketball, Team USA, their incredible final against France, and the future of international basketball.
We talk about Steph Curry, Lebron James, and Victor Wembanyama and theorize where it could all go from here.
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
This week we speak to sports journalist and author Leander Schaerlaeckens. He has covered the US Men's National team at four World Cups and is the author of the terrific new book The Long Game U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Savage, Four-Decade Journey to the Top, or Thereabouts.
We also talk to Dr. Vincent Intondi, Executive Director of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, about how their organization is using the World Cup to reach people politically.
Zirin, Trump Is Trying to Rig the World Cup
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-usmnt-belgium-balogun-fifa/
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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.