Podcast / Edge of Sports / Jan 20, 2026

Gambling With the Future of Sports—Plus, a Minneapolis Teacher Speaks Out

Dannu Fun joins Edge of Sports to talk about sports gambling, and we talk to Daniel Troccoli in Minneapolis about what’s happening there.

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Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin

Gambling With the Future of Sports & Minneapolis Teacher Speaks Out
byDave Zirin / The Nation

This week we speak to Danny Funt author of the new book “Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling.” We also talk to Minneapolis teacher Daniel Troccoli about what’s going on the ground in Trump’s fascist shitshow.

Zirin, A Minneapolis Teacher Wants the Whole Country in the Streets

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/minneapolis-resistance-trump-ice/

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This week, we speak to Danny Funt, author of the new book Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling. We also talk to Minneapolis teacher Daniel Troccoli about what’s going on on the ground amid Trump’s fascist shit show.

Zirin’s latest: “A Minneapolis Teacher Wants the Whole Country in the Streets”

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Edge of Sports
Edge of Sports

Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin

Gambling With the Future of Sports & Minneapolis Teacher Speaks Out
byDave Zirin / The Nation

This week we speak to Danny Funt author of the new book “Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling.” We also talk to Minneapolis teacher Daniel Troccoli about what’s going on the ground in Trump’s fascist shitshow.

Zirin, A Minneapolis Teacher Wants the Whole Country in the Streets

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/minneapolis-resistance-trump-ice/

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Dave 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.

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