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Jeff Teat #7 of the New York Atlas in action during the Premier Lacrosse League Championship game between the New York Atlas and the Denver Outlaws at Sports Illustrated Stadium on September 14, 2025, in Harrison, New Jersey. (Evan Bernstein / Getty Images)
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
This week, we speak to Scott Price, author of the new book The American Game: History and Hope in the Country of Lacrosse. I interview Scott alongside Edge of Sports Lacrosse correspondent Vin Intondi. Also, I speak to Rudy Mondragón, for part II of our discussion about the new book Rings of Dissent: Boxing and Performances of Rebellion.
Zirin, Above All, the NBA Will Protect the Gambling Industry
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/nba-gambling-trump/
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This week, we speak to Scott Price, author of the new book The American Game: History and Hope in the Country of Lacrosse. I interview Scott alongside Edge of Sports lacrosse correspondent Vin Intondi. Also, I speak to Rudy Mondragón, for part two of our discussion about the new book Rings of Dissent: Boxing and Performances of Rebellion.
My latest: Above All, the NBA Will Protect the Gambling Industry
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Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
We talk to Tom Nelson about his back on the Green Bay Packers and Arya joins the show again to talk Eastern Conference.
Body: This week we talk to Tom Nelson about his new book, “The Green and Gold Standard: A People's History of the Green Bay Packers,” with an emphasis on how they became fan-owned. Also, we talk to the hoops savant Arya Shirazi about the NBA’s Eastern Conference
Zirin, The Bogus Lakers Sale Is Exactly Why We Need Publicly Owned Sports Teams
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/los-angeles-lakers-sale-private-equity/
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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.