Layshia Clarendon: Protest and Pushing the Envelope in the WNBA

Layshia Clarendon: Protest and Pushing the Envelope in the WNBA

WNBA star and WNBPA Vice President Layshia Clarendon joins the show to talk about protest and the return of professional sports.

Dave Zirin
Copy Link
Facebook
X (Twitter)
Bluesky
Pocket
Email

This week on the show we speak to Layshia Clarendon of the New York Liberty about a protest Layshia was at the forefront in organizing. We also talk to them about the return of the WNBA, activism within the ranks of WNBA, and centering the voices of black women.

We also have some Choice Words about the courage of WNBA athletes in protesting racial injustice and the attempt by the right wing to demonize them. In addition, we have Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down awards to NBA star Kyrie Irving for donating 1.5 million dollars to help support WNBA players that are sitting out and players that are protesting with no political convictions at all. All that and more on this week’s Edge of Sports!

Layshia Clarendon
Twitter: @LayshiaC
WNBA Players Walk Off Court Before the National Anthem and Dedicate Delayed Season to Breonna Taylor

Zirin
WNBA Players—Again—Show the Meaning of Radical Dissent

Your support makes stories like this possible

From illegal war on Iran to an inhumane fuel blockade of Cuba, from AI weapons to crypto corruption, this is a time of staggering chaos, cruelty, and violence. 

Unlike other publications that parrot the views of authoritarians, billionaires, and corporations, The Nation publishes stories that hold the powerful to account and center the communities too often denied a voice in the national media—stories like the one you’ve just read.

Each day, our journalism cuts through lies and distortions, contextualizes the developments reshaping politics around the globe, and advances progressive ideas that oxygenate our movements and instigate change in the halls of power. 

This independent journalism is only possible with the support of our readers. If you want to see more urgent coverage like this, please donate to The Nation today.

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.


Ad Policy
x