Edge of Sports
Sports & Recreation Podcasts
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
Location:
New York City, NY
Description:
Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin
Twitter:
@EdgeofSports
Language:
English
Contact:
2122095440
Website:
http://www.edgeofsports.com/
Email:
dave@edgeofsports.com
Episodes
A Basketball Look Back
11/13/2024
This week on the Edge of Sports podcast, savant Arya Shirazi joins Dave to discuss what they have learned ten games into the season and what predictions they would do over if they had to do it again.
Zirin, What the Bosa/Kaepernick Double Standard Tells Us About the 2024 Elections
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/nick-bosa-maga-colin-kaepernick/
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Duration:01:09:15
Bill Fletcher Jr on What’s Next
11/6/2024
This week, we are joined by Bill Fletcher. We talk about the story, the 2024 presidential election, and what to make of it. We discuss the appeal of Trump’s revanchism, why the election turned out the way it did, and what we can do. You don’t want to miss this episode.
Zirin, Your NBA Eastern Conference Preview
https://www.thenation.com/podcast/archive/eos-102124-nba/
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Duration:00:27:24
YOUR NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PREVIEW
10/23/2024
This week, we are joined by savant Arya Shirazi. We talk about the upcoming NBA season, specifically the Western Conference. Are the Thunder going to level up? Has the Denver Nuggets’ title window passed? What are we to make of this year’s Lakers? You won’t want to miss this one.
Zirin, Your NBA Eastern Conference Preview
https://www.thenation.com/podcast/archive/eos-102124-nba/
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Duration:01:53:13
YOUR NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE PREVIEW
10/19/2024
This week, we are joined by savant Arya Shirazi. We talk about the upcoming NBA season, specifically the Eastern Conference. How much of the needle moved with the Karl Anthony Towns addition in New York? Are the Boston Celtics the prohibitive favorites in the East? Is this the year that the Philadelphia 76ers finally break through? You won’t want to miss this one.
Zirin, Chiefs Placekicker Harrison Butker Goes Wide Right and Finds Political Power
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/harrison-butker-upright-pac-chiefs-placekicker/
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Duration:01:51:19
Teaching Complicated Athletes to Children
10/11/2024
This week, we talk to New York Times bestselling author Andrew Maraniss. His latest is a nonfiction chapter book series about athletes who have stepped up beyond sports to make a difference in the world: the first three books in this series, all written by Andrew, are about Pat Tillman, Maya Moore, and LeBron James.
Zirin, In a Glaring Double Standard, FIFA Fails to Suspend Israel
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/fifa-israel-double-standard/
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Duration:00:44:21
The History and Future of the Black Quarterback
9/20/2024
This week we speak to Dr. Louis Moore about his groundbreaking new book: The Great Black Hope: Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback. You don’t want to miss this episode.
Zirin, Tyreek Hill and Player Policing, NBA Off-Season Intrigues
https://www.thenation.com/podcast/archive/eos-091324-tyreekhill/
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Duration:00:39:49
Tyreek Hill And Player Policing; NBA Off Season Intrigues
9/12/2024
This week I have choice words about the police treatment of Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill and the NFL franchise owners who endorse it. We also talk to basketball savant Arya Shirazi about an intriguing off-season time in the NBA.
Zirin, Police Violence, Tyreek Hill, and the NFL Owners Who Bankroll Brutality
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/police-violence-tyreek-hill-miami-dolphins/
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Duration:01:24:53
LeBron, Steph, Wemby, and the Greatest Olympic Basketball Game of All Time
8/16/2024
This week, we have a particular installment of hoops talk with my friend Arya Shirazi, where we talk about Olympic basketball, Team USA, their incredible final against France, and the future of international basketball. We talk about Steph Curry, Lebron James, and Victor Wembanyama and we theorize about where it could all be going.
Zirin, What Was the Paris Olympics?
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/paris-olympics/
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Duration:01:06:47
The Trans History Embedded in Hitler’s 1936 Olympics
7/19/2024
This week we speak to Michael Waters, author of the book The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports. An incredible eye-opening discussion about a part of Olympic history we are simply not taught
Zirin, Palestinian Olympians Are Competing as Their World Burns
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/palestinian-olympians-paris-olympics/
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Duration:00:39:15
Making Sense of The Celtics Triumph
6/25/2024
This week on Edge of Sports we have our last in a series with Arya Shirazi about the NBA playoffs in the victory of the Boston Celtics over the Dallas Mavericks. We discuss what we both got wrong, the larger playoffs, and more.
Zirin, “Reg-GIE! Reg-GIE! Reg-GIE!”
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/reggie-jackson-jim-crow-baseball/
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Duration:00:46:17
The Dallas Mavericks: Mission impossible?
6/5/2024
Arya Shirazi joins the show to review the NBA Conference Finals and preview the NBA Finals
Body: This week basketball savant Arya Shirazi joins the Edge of Sports Pod to talk about whether the Dallas Mavericks can shock the world and beat the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals.
Zirin, Counting the Negro League Records Is About More Than Numbers
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/baseball-mlb-negro-league-records/
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Duration:00:44:05
Round One Understood
5/14/2024
This week, Dave Zirin brings back Arya Shirazi to discuss round one of the playoffs and what we learned.
Zirin, “Macklemore Dares Others to Stand Up for Palestine”
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/macklemore-hinds-hall-palestine/
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Duration:01:04:47
Former A's Bruce Maxwell calls out Oakland A's owner John Fisher for Vegas move
5/3/2024
After more than 50 years, the Oakland A's announced their departure from the city last year, leaving Oakland bereft of its sports teams after the flight of the Warriors in 2019 and the Raiders in 2020. To the dismay of fans, the A's plan to temporarily relocate to a minor league stadium in Sacramento before permanently moving to Las Vegas in the 2028 season. Former A's catcher Bruce Maxwell joins Edge of Sports to discuss the move, its impact on the local community and workers, and the trajectory of his own career and the place of the A's in his life story.
Zirin, “The Fiction of the “Outside Agitator”
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/outside-agitator-false-narrative/
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Duration:00:29:27
The Meaning of Jalen Brunson and the 2024 Playoffs
4/22/2024
This week we discuss why New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson should not be seen is anybody’s underdog. Also, we break down who is going to win the first round playoff, matchups, with an eye on the politics of the games.
Zirin, “The 2024 Olympics Are Already Dealing With Multiple Political Crises”
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/2024-paris-olympics-political-crises/
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Duration:01:15:39
The Magic of Luka and Kyrie
4/11/2024
Dallas Mavericks’ backcourt of Luka Doncic and Kyrie is the most thrilling guard combo in the league and perhaps ever. Yet very few thought their coming together would work. We explore why.
Zirin, “Coaching Great Dawn Staley Defends Trans Athletes”
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/dawn-staley-trans-athletes/
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Duration:00:58:11
The NBA Road to International Greatness
3/31/2024
Arya joins the pod again to talk about the rising of the international influence of the NBA, it’s early roots, and where the game may be headed.
Zirin, “Online Gambling Has Swallowed Professional Sports”
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/online-gambling-sports-shohei-ohtani/
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Duration:00:58:53
Future of the Game
3/13/2024
Arya Shirazi joins the show to talk about the current state of the NBA, and we discuss what the implications of this game are moving forward and how we feel about the direction it’s heading aesthetically and as an entertainment product.
Zirin, “Jonathan Glazer’s Brave Oscar Speech Represents the Best of Judaism”
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/jonathan-glazer-oscar-speech-gaza-israel-judaism/
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Duration:00:55:31
Irish athlete activist on organizing a sports boycott of Israel
3/4/2024
Rebecca O'Keeffe helped spark an international firestorm within the world of sports when she called on the Irish women’s basketball team to boycott its Feb. 8 match against Israel. While O'Keeffe's calls for a boycott ultimately went unheeded, her actions have provoked serious debate within Ireland and internationally on the responsibility of athletes to stand up against genocide.
O'Keeffe joins Edge of Sports host Dave Zirin for an exclusive interview on why she took a stand, how the sports world responded, and why she refuses to back down.
Zirin, “The First Athletes to Speak Out Are the Bravest”
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/athletes-ceasefire-sports/
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Duration:00:27:34
Basketball Butterfly Effect: The Forgotten Stars of the NBA’s 1980s
2/19/2024
In this episode, we talk about the truly forgotten players of the NBA, particularly during the 1980s, such a unique era in the history of the NBA, and theorize on why they are not remembered as intently as others.
Zirin, “What the Super Bowl Parade Shooting Has to Do With the Empire of the Gun”
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/super-bowl-parade-shooting-guns-colonialism/
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Duration:01:14:20
Basketball Butterfly Effect: How the Pistons Clawed Their Way to Two Titles
2/9/2024
The 1980s and 1990s were defined by basketball dynasties like the Lakers, Celtics, and Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls. Yet in the midst of this unprecedented stretch of dominance, the Detroit Pistons won two and could’ve very easily won four NBA titles. How did they do it? And why do we discount this incredible accomplishment?
Zirin, When Wearing a Sweater Is Antisemitic
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/naomi-klein-aaron-rodgers-colin-kaepernick/
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Duration:00:51:20