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No Diamonds: The Most Important Sports Films That Aren’t Baseball

On this episode of Edge of Sports, Arya Shirazi joins the show to talk about the best sports movies.

Dave Zirin

January 15, 2025

Edge of Sports

Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin

No Diamonds: The Most Important Sports Films That Aren’t Baseball
byDave Zirin / The Nation

Hoosiers? Slap Shot? Boxcar Bertha? Today, film savant Arya Shirazi joins the show to talk about the baseball movies that could have been. 

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https://www.thenation.com/article/society/sports-2024-year-review/

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Hoosiers? Slap Shot? Boxcar Bertha? Today, film savant Arya Shirazi joins the Edge of Sports podcast to talk about the baseball movies that could have been.

Edge of Sports

Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin

The Atlanta Braves or the Atlanta Bravest? Also, the March for Mumia
byDave Zirin / The Nation

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. 

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https://www.thenation.com/article/society/fifa-uefa-war-crimes-israel/

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Dave ZirinDave 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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