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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

July 29, 2020

Layshia Clarendon.(Anthony Nesmith / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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!

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Dave ZirinTwitterDave 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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