Race Imboden and Royce White: Rebel Athletes

Race Imboden and Royce White: Rebel Athletes

Imboden and Royce join the show to talk kneeling during anthem and Carmelo Anthony.

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This week we speak to fencer Race Imboden, who took a knee at the Pan Am Games during the anthem to protest the injustice raging across America. We also spoke to Royce White, friend of the show and former NBA player who went viral this week speaking out on what he sees as the blackballing of Carmelo Anthony.

We also have choice words about Jay-Z in the NFL, Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down awards to some NFL players and an NFL coach’s playlist, and more!

Race Imboden
Twitter: @Race_Imboden
U.S. fencer Race Imboden given 12-month probation for Pan Am Games protest

Royce White
Twitter: @Highway_30
Royce White slams LeBron James, Lakers: ‘Carmelo is absolutely being blackballed’

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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.


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