Jalen Hurts Deserved Better. We All Do. Jalen Hurts Deserved Better. We All Do.
In a country that treats workers as expendable parts, Hurts’s playing through a blood clot is just the highest-profile example of the price workers pay in an oligarchy.
Oct 20, 2026 / Dave Zirin
The Only Eastern Conference NBA Preview You Need The Only Eastern Conference NBA Preview You Need
Arya Shirazi joins us again for our annual NBA preseason predictions.
Oct 14, 2026 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Obviously, the Knicks Should Not Visit the White House. Why Is This Even a Discussion? Obviously, the Knicks Should Not Visit the White House. Why Is This Even a Discussion?
The Knicks shouldn’t let their legacy include genuflecting to Donald Trump, one of the most hated figures in the very city printed on their jersey. New Yorkers deserve better.
Oct 14, 2026 / Dave Zirin
The WNBA, Past and Present and Irish Sport for Palestine The WNBA, Past and Present and Irish Sport for Palestine
Tamryn Spruill joins the show to talk about her new book on the WNBA, and we discuss Palestine and Irish politics with Rebecca O’Keeffe.
Oct 7, 2026 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Irish Goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu’s Refusal to Play Against Israel Puts Him on the Right Side of History Irish Goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu’s Refusal to Play Against Israel Puts Him on the Right Side of History
Bazunu’s decision raises the perennial question: Why is a country that is currently committing a genocide allowed to compete in the first place?
Sep 28, 2026 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin
Justice for Macklemore Justice for Macklemore
The rapper has been dumped from Ed Sheeran’s tour for saying “free Palestine.” That’s a disgrace.
Sep 15, 2026 / Dave Zirin
We Can’t Let the Kaepernick Era Be Erased From History We Can’t Let the Kaepernick Era Be Erased From History
Critics say the Black Lives Matter movement in sports went too far. In reality, it didn’t go far enough, and the backlash to it has been brutal.
Sep 9, 2026 / Dave Zirin
Kaepernick and the Movement He Inspired Kaepernick and the Movement He Inspired
I once thought the protests of athletes after George Floyd’s murder would launch a new era of sports activism. Ten years after Kaepernick first kneeled, I revisit what I wrote.
Sep 3, 2026 / Dave Zirin
Enes Kanter Freedom’s Bigoted Stunts Have Nothing to Do With Protecting Women Enes Kanter Freedom’s Bigoted Stunts Have Nothing to Do With Protecting Women
The trans women in sports panic is nothing but a stalking horse for permitting violence against trans people—and we should celebrate players like Natasha Cloud who say so.
Aug 24, 2026 / Dave Zirin
Congressional Candidate Sam Husseini and Talking NBA Over-Unders Congressional Candidate Sam Husseini and Talking NBA Over-Unders
Green Party candidate Sam Husseini joins the show and Arya returns.
Aug 20, 2026 / Podcast / Dave Zirin