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Karl-Anthony Towns of the New York Knicks shoots the ball against the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 12, 2026, in New York City.(Ishika Samant / Getty Images)
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This week we talk about the politics and promise of the 2026-2027 NBA season with the Hoops Savant Arya Shirazi. It gets no better.
Zirin, The WNBA, Past and Present and Irish Sport for Palestine
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This week we talk about the politics and promise of the 2026–27 NBA season with the Hoops Savant Arya Shirazi. It gets no better.
Zirin: “The WNBA, Past and Present and Irish Sport for Palestine”
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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.