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We speak to former Sports Illustrated editor Melissa Jacobs about the Aaron Hernandez suicide and the Pats trip to this abnormal White House. Also, we have choice words about Gov Scott Walker's awkward attempt to jump on the Milwaukee Bucks bandwagon, a very special Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down section, and a Kaepernick Watch.Melissa JacobsTwitter: @thefootballgirlEditor, The Football GirlDave Zirin, Scott Walker Just Cluelessly Exploited the Milwaukee Bucks to Suck Up to Trumphttps://www.thenation.com/article/scott-walker-just-cluelessly-exploited-the-milwaukee-bucks-to-suck-up-to-trump/ --http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)--Music: Eye Examination - Del The Funky Homosapien | Put You On The Game - The Game I The Symphony - Marley Marl I Itzsoweezee - De La Soul I The Next Movement - The Roots | Capumcap - Nightmares on Wax | Body Language - The Outskirt

Amy TraskTwitter: @AmyTraskhttps://www.amazon.com/You-Negotiate-Like-Girl-Reflections/dp/1629371874Bijan BayneTwitter: @bijancbaynehttps://www.amazon.com/Elgin-Baylor-Man-Changed-Basketball/dp/1442245700https://www.amazon.com/Marthas-Vineyard-Basketball-Resort-Notions/dp/1442238968/ref=la_B001HPHNIE_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492442249&sr=1-2Zirin, A Review of ’42’: Jackie Robinson’s Bitter Pillhttps://www.thenation.com/article/review-42-jackie-robinsons-bitter-pill/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)—Slide (Instrumental) - Calvin Harris ft Frank Ocean & Migos | Eye Examination - Del The Funky Homosapien | Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A | Gangsta Gangsta - N.W.A. | Hypnotize - Notorious B.I.G. | Check it Out - Beastie Boys | Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball - Count Basie | Glory - Common ft. John Legend I Can’t Be Touched - Roy Jones Jr.

The comedian behind albums like Waiting for 2042 and the Politically Re-Active podcast stops by to talk sports, social justice, Dave Chappelle and comedy. Also, we have some Choice Words about another labor victory for women in sports, the US Women's Soccer Team. We've got your weekly Kaepernick Watch and the first ever Edge of Sports Theater; a dramatic reading of the Twitter-war between Dan Dakich and Frank Kaminsky.Hari KondaboluFollow on TwitterDownload Hari's latest album: Mainstream American ComicZirin, US Women's Soccer Just Scored a Big Winhttps://www.thenation.com/article/us-womens-soccer-just-scored-a-big-win/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)—Music: Eye Examination - Del The Funkee Homosapien | Ain't No Fun - Snoop Dogg Featuring Warren G, Kurupt, & Nate Dogg | Chariots of Fire Theme Song - Vangelis | Get Throwed - Bun B | Da

This week we speak to Hilary Knight one of the stars of the US Women's National hockey team and Johnette Howard from ESPN about how the US Women's National Team won so much in their recent strike that went right to the brink of the World Championships in Michigan. Also I've got some choice words about "kids today" for basketball coach Frank Martin of the South Carolina Gamecocks. We got a very special Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders themed Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down awards. And much more!Hilary KnightFollow on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/Hilary_Knighthttp://www.excellesports.com/news/hilary-knight-usa-hockey-strike-response/Johnette HowardFollow on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/johnettehowardhttp://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/19011790/us-women-hockey-team-remain-unitedZirin, South Carolina Coach Frank Martin Has it Backwards on Todays kidshttps://www.thenation.com/article/south-carolina-coach-frank-martin-has-it-backwards-on-todays-kids/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http:

Does Colin Kaepernick not have an NFL job because of political collusion? Is Donald Trump behind it? We speak to Mike Tanier of Bleacher Report for the lowdown.Also, we talk about the US Women’s Hockey Strike with the legendary 1980 US men's hockey captain Mike Eruzione.We also have a Just Stand Up award, a Just Sit Down, and a call for a Final Four strike.Mike Eruzionehttp://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/18935224/mike-eruzione-throws-support-us-women-hockey-team Mike Tanier Follow on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/MikeTanierBleacher Report Archives of Mike TanierZirin, NCAA Players Should Strike at the Final Fourhttps://www.thenation.com/article/ncaa-players-should-strike-at-the-final-four/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)—Music: Eye Examination - Del The Funkee Homosapien | Luchini AKA This Is It - Camp Lo | Superthug - Noreaga | Fight for Your Righ

The co-host of ESPN's 6 PM SportsCenter show, Jemele Hill, joins us to talk about how she and her co-host Michael Smith are reshaping the sports institution, with a little bit of help from Biggie Smalls and amplified by growing up in Detroit. I also have some "choice words" about the NCAA tournament, a Just Stand Up award to the women of USA hockey and a shocking Just Sit Down award to one of our favorites. We also have Kaepernick watch and merch news!Jemele Hill Follow on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/jemelehillhttp://www.sportingnews.com/other-sports/news/jemele-hill-michael-smith-espn-sportscenter-the-six-debut-time-interview-fs1/1llb2s217ygjc105j0ixhjkjm4Zirin, Your March Madness Bracket is Exploiting Student-Athleteshttps://www.thenation.com/article/your-march-madness-bracket-is-exploiting-student-athletes/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)—M

We speak to former U.S. attorney and current legal representative of Muhammad Ali, Jr. and Khalilah Camacho-Ali, Chris Mancini, about the Ali family's plan to challenge Donald Trump's Muslim ban, which all started when the Ali's were detained for hours and interrogated about both their religion in their name. We also have some "Choice Words" about the presence of FIFA branded teams that exist on illegal Israeli settlements. We have a just stand up award for My-King Johnson, the first openly gay Division I scholarship athlete and a Just Sit Down award to Amar'e Stoudemire. Also, an all new Kaepernick Watch plus more surprises in store!Chris Mancini:Muhammad Ali Jr. Detained at Airport AgainZirin, Will FIFA Ever Stand Up to Israeli Teams in Illegal Settlements?https://www.thenation.com/article/will-fifa-ever-stand-up-to-israeli-teams-in-illegal-settlements/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gm

The REBOOTED PODCAST now sponsored by the Nation Magazine is officially underway! We start it off with an interview with legendary documentary filmmaker, and the producer of Hoop Dreams, Peter Gilbert. We talk about youth basketball, what’s changed and what’s stayed the same since his landmark 1994 film.I also have some “choice words” about the anti-Trump sentiment bubbling in the NBA, some “harsh words” for sports radio sexist dinosaur Mike Francesa, a Kaepernick watch about the quarterback’s decision to no longer kneel for the National Anthem.BREAKING NEWS: the statement from Seattle Seahawk Michael Bennett in support of the Women’s Strike on International Women’s Day March 8th. I will read it and it is the first time it’s been read anywhere, BOOM!Peter Gilbert:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0318201/Zirin,  Why the NBA Is in Revolt Against Trumphttps://www.thenation.com/article/why-the-nba-is-in-revolt-against-trump/ —http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://fb.com/edgeofsp

It's mourning in Atlanta. To get the lowdown on the scene in the ATL after New England's epic Super Bowl comeback victory, we speak to Atlanta and NBA television's own Sekou Smith. We also speak to Sekou about why it is NBA players have been by far the most outspoken athletes of the Trump era. I also have some "choice words" about the political energy thrumming beneath the Super Bowl and a Just Stand Up award for the one Patriots player not going to gently to Trump's White House. We are taking a short hiatus. Please stay frosty and The Edge of Sports podcast will be back before you know it. In the meantime, please subscribe to the pod, please tell a friend, and please listen to our back catalog of interviews that captures this era of the political athlete.Sekou Smith:http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/tag/sekou-smithhttps://twitter.com/SekouSmithNBAZirin,  Political Fervor Thrums Beneath the Super Bowl’s Surfacehttps://www.thenation.com/article/political-fervor-thrums-beneath-the-super-bowl

For Super Bowl week, we have Sports Illustrated NFL editor Melissa Jacobs to discuss her column "Why Tom Brady's friendship with Donald Trump is the Public's Business." We talk about the backlash face by writers who probe this relationship, and why the Brady/Trump nexus matters. Also this week some choice words about why the sports world needs to stand with Muslim athletes. We have listener calls about the "alternative facts" in the sports world, and a 'Just Stand Up' award to Pat Tillman is heroic widow Marie for speaking out against the Trump travel ban.Melissa Jacobs: "Why Tom Brady's friendship with Donald Trump is the public's business"http://www.si.com/nfl/2017/01/24/tom-brady-donald-trump-friendship-electionmore: http://www.si.com/author/melissa-jacobshttps://twitter.com/thefootballgirlhttps://www.facebook.com/MelissaJacobsNFLPat Tillman Foundation:http://pattillmanfoundation.orgZirin: "The Sports World Must Stand With Muslim Athletes" https://www

Nancy Hogshead-Makar is a three-time gold-medalist swimmer, sexual assault survivor, and one of the most renowned Title IX attorneys in the US. We speak to her about the importance of defending Title IX and what a Donald Trump presidency could mean for the landmark 1972 legislation. We also speak to her about the Women's March on Washington, which she attended with her 11-year-old daughters. I’ll also speak about my experience at Trump's tiny Inauguration ceremony, and Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich collects another ‘Just Stand Up’ award for speaking truth to power.Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Champion Womenhttp://twitter.com/Hogshead3Auhttp://twitter.com/iChampionWomenhttp://championwomen.orgGroups mentioned by Nancy Hogshead-Makar: National Women’s Law Center: http://www.nwlc.org/California Women’s Law Project: http://cwlc.org/Equal Rights Advocates: http://equalrights.org/American Civil Liberties Union: https://aclu.org/Athlete Ally: http://athleteally.org/You Can Play Project: http://youcanplayproject.org/Co

In front of 400 high school students in Concord, Massachusetts I speak to 1968 Olympic legend Dr. John Carlos about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King and what it means for today. Also this week I have some choice words about Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo and the attacks made against him by fascists in Greece. We also have a very special Kaepernick watch. Stay frosty, people.http://www.johncarlos68.comhttp://twitter.com/DrJohnCarlosDave Zirin in The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/authors/dave-zirin/Kaepernick hailed as a new civil rights leader, by Steve Collins (Sun Journal, Maine)http://www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/2017/01/17/kaepernick-hailed-new-civil-rights-leader/2061149Thank you Pascale Musto and Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusettshttps://www.mxschool.edu/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@slate.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-428-3343 (EDGE) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.

In front of over 800 people at Town Hall Seattle, we speak to Seahawks all-pro defensive end Michael Bennett about sports, society, masculinity, and everything in between. If you don't know Michael Bennett, it's time for you to know a player who is funny, fearless, and proudly political. We also have some choice words about why athletes should just say no to visiting the Trump White House. Our 'Just Stand Up' award goes to for Steph Curry, and 'Kaepernick Watch' reviews the QB's big shoe donation to a homeless shelter and $50,000 of support to the Mni Wiconi Health Clinic Partnership at Standing Rock.—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@slate.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-428-3343 (EDGE)--All music by Seattle's finest, Jake One https://jakeuno.bandcamp.com full notes at http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https:

This week we speak to Chris Webber about his new podcast ‘Fearless or Insane’ as well as his politics, growing up in a union household, hip-hop, and fine dining. I also read an email I received from a security guard at Viking Stadium about the protest banner hanging against the Dakota access pipeline and we have I just stand up or that goes to the entire San Francisco 49ers team.Tonight in Seattle:Dave Zirin with Michael BennettThe Collision: Sports and Politics in the U.S.7:30PM, Thursday, January 5, 2017Great HallInfo & tickets: http://townhallseattle.org/event/dave-zirin/Chris Webber podcast: Fearless or Insanehttp://podcastone.com/fearless-or-insane-with-chris-webberhttp://apple.co/2iME64DColumn, Why Jack Johnson’s Family Should Refuse Any Exonerationhttps://www.thenation.com/article/why-jack-johnsons-family-should-refuse-any-exoneration/Colin Kaepernick’s Teammates Give Him an Award for Couragehttps://www.thenation.com/article/colin-kaepernicks-teammates-give-him-an-award-for-courage/—http://www.edge

Hey Seattle, come out to our own Dave Zirin's big event on January 5 at Town HallDave Zirin with Michael BennettThe Collision: Sports and Politics in the U.S.7:30PM, Thursday, January 5, 2017Great Hall(Free – $5)Free admission for students. Doors open at 6:30PMInfo:http://townhallseattle.org/event/dave-zirin/Tickets:http://townhall.strangertickets.com/events/39214033/dave-zirin-the-collision-sports-and-politics-in-the-us—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@slate.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-428-3343 (EDGE) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jack McCallum is the most important, respected basketball writer of the last 50 years. We talk to Captain Jack about how basketball players will respond to a trump presidency, the career resurrection of my kids and toni, and the differences – from the three-point shot to basic muscle tone – of players in the league. I also speak about what it would look like if Donald Trump could name our sports commissioners. We respond to a hotline call about Jim Brown meeting the President-Elect, and finally we have a first-ever Just Stand Down award, handed to the Minnesota football team.Jack McCallum: http://www.jackmccallum.net/ | https://twitter.com/McCallum12Zirin column, The ‘Brutal Solidarity’ of the Minnesota Gophershttps://www.thenation.com/article/the-brutal-solidarity-of-the-minnesota-gophers/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@slate.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-428-3343 (EDGE)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle

First, we hear from Patrick Hruby, a contributing editor at VICE Sports, who makes the case against High School Football in his latest piece, “Friday Night Lights Out.” Then, I tell the story of 2016 in Sports & Struggle, and finish with a ‘Just Stand Up’ award to the Women’s Basketball Team at UC Santa Barbara their Athletic Director John McCutcheon who stood up for the team’s right to protest.Patrick Hruby: website, twitterFriday Night Lights Out: The Case For Abolishing High School Footballhttps://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/friday-night-lights-out-the-case-for-abolishing-high-school-footballUCSB AD supports Gaucho women's basketball team's right to kneel during National Anthemhttp://www.keyt.com/sports/ucsb-ad-supports-gaucho-womens-basketball-teams-right-to-kneel-during-national-anthem/192889257Zirin column, 2016 in Sports: Joy and Resistance While the World Burnedhttps://www.thenation.com/article/2016-in-sports-joy-and-resistance-while-the-world-burned—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com |

We speak this week to Michael Meeropol, whose parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were executed by the US government in 1953. We talk about his efforts to clear his mother's name and the importance of the Brooklyn Dodgers in their lives. Meeropol reads from the letters of his parents where they discuss baseball. I also have choice words about rap icon Kurtis Blow and his underrated importance to the development of the NBA as a global phenomenon. Finally we have a tribute to the late Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, via a t-shirt on our weekly Kaepernick watch.Dave in Seattle with Seahawk Michael Bennett on January 5, 2017: https://townhallseattle.org/event/dave-zirin/ http://fb.com/events/1139387102852694Michael and Robert Meeropol, We Are Your Sons: The Legacy of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Exonerate our Mother, Ethel Rosenberg: http://www.rfc.org/ethelChange.org petition: https://www.change.org/p/president-obama-exonerate-our-mother-ethel-rosenbergThe Assassination of Fred Hampton: http://www.hamptonb

Today we speak to the most influential person in basketball who never laced up sneakers or coached on a sideline: former Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro – the guy who connected sneaker money to so-called amateur hoops. He is also is the person who has become perhaps the most important spokesperson against the injustices the NCAA. I also have some "choice words" about an event I moderated last week with San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and Dr. Cornel West in front of 350 San Antonio high school students and most of the Spurs team. We also have our "Just Stand Up" award and a new segment we are titling Kaepernick Watch! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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