Your Problematic Sports Fave

Your Problematic Sports Fave

Sportswriters Kavitha Davidson and Jessica Luther join the show to talk about their new book, Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back.

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This week we speak to acclaimed sportswriters Jessica Luther and Kavitha Davidson about their new book Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back: Dilemmas of the Modern Fan. It’s a tremendous book that really speaks to the current moment in myriad ways.

We also have some Choice Words about the NFL’s push to avoid a players’ strike and what that could mean for player power. In addition, we have a Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down awards to Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Chris Paul for his incredible performance on the court as well as his role as president of NBPA and the Miami Heat for their incredibly tone-deaf approach to fighting police violence and systemic injustice. All this and more on this week’s show!

Kavitha Davidson
Twitter: @kavithadavidson

Jessica Luther
Twitter: @jessicawluther
Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back: Dilemmas of the Modern Fan

Zirin
The NFL Is Desperately Trying to Avoid a Players’ Strike

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Dave Zirin 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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