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. 

Zirin, In a Glaring Double Standard, FIFA Fails to Suspend Israel

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/fifa-israel-double-standard/

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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

What To Learn From A Yearbook
byDave Zirin / The Nation

This week, we talk to Michael Messner, author of the fascinating new book, about what we can learn by looking at sports and yearbooks over the course of a century. It’s called “

The High School: Sports, Spirit, and Citizens, 1903-2024.” Also, I’m talking to the savant, Arya Shirazi, about the days when March was truly mad. 

The High School

https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-high-school/9781978839533/

Zirin, With ICE Out of Control, How Can the US Cohost the 2026 World Cup?

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/ice-fifa-world-cup-north-america/

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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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