Edge of Sports

This week we speak to Danny Funt author of the new book “Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling.” We also talk to Minneapolis teacher Daniel Troccoli about what’s going on the ground in Trump’s fascist shitshow.

Zirin, A Minneapolis Teacher Wants the Whole Country in the Streets
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/minneapolis-resistance-trump-ice/

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This week, we speak to Chris Buccafusco about his organization, Atlanta Bravest, and what they are doing to combat indigenous mascoting. Also, sound from the March for Mumia onto the grounds of his prison, which took on the issue not only of Mumia’s incarceration but also of elder and medical abuse inside our prisons. 

Zirin,“This Is Historic”: FIFA and UEFA Presidents Are Accused of Aiding Israel’s War Crimes
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/fifa-uefa-war-crimes-israel/

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This week, we speak to Paul Knepper about his new book, Moses Malone: The Life Of A Basketball Prophet. Also, we talked to the hoops savant Arya Shirazi about what we’ve learned so far this NBA season and which preseason prediction we wish we could do over. 

Zirin, Sports Media Has Forgotten About CTE Even After Player Deaths
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/nfl-concussion-cte-sports-media/

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This week, we speak to Scott Price, author of the new book  The American Game: History and Hope in the Country of Lacrosse. I interview Scott alongside Edge of Sports Lacrosse correspondent Vin Intondi. Also, I speak to Rudy Mondragón, for part II of our discussion about the new book Rings of Dissent: Boxing and Performances of Rebellion.

Zirin, Above All, the NBA Will Protect the Gambling Industry
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/nba-gambling-trump/

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This week, we talk to David Leonard, co-editor of the new book Rings of Dissent: Boxing and Performances of Rebellion. We also go into Part III of our NBA preview, joined by the savant Aryan Shirazi, where we make awards predictions and even early revisions. 

Zirin, Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks With the Clear Voice of a Free Man
https://www.thenation.com/podcast/society/eos-10132025/

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