Podcast / Edge of Sports / Oct 15, 2024

Teaching Complicated Athletes to Children

On this episode of Edge of Sports, Author Andrew Maraniss on his new book.

Edge of Sports
Edge of Sports

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

Teaching Complicated Athletes to Children
byDave Zirin / The Nation

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. 

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On this episode of Edge of Sports, we talk to New York Times best-selling author Andrew Maraniss. His latest is Beyond the Game, a nonfiction children’s book series about athletes who have stepped up beyond sports to make a difference in the world: The first three books, all written by Andrew, are about Pat Tillman, Maya Moore, and LeBron James.

Edge of Sports
Edge of Sports

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

The Sports Doc We’ve Been Waiting For And the NBA at the All-Star Break
byDave Zirin / The Nation

This week we speak to executive producer Arif Khatib and director Steven C. Bernier about their new documentary, Because They Believed: Minority Athletic Trailblazers Who Broke through The Racial Divide. The film is available on all streaming platforms and it's the documentary sports and politics lovers have been waiting for. Also, we talk to hoops savant Arya Shirazi about where this NBA season is going after a series of shocking trades. 

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Dave Zirin

Dave 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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