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LeBron, Steph, Wemby, and the Greatest Olympic Basketball Game of All Time

On this episode of Edge Of Sports, Arya Shirazi joins the pod to talk Olympic basketball.

Dave Zirin

August 19, 2024

Stephen Curry #4 of Team United States during the Men’s Gold Medal game between Team France and Team United States on day 15 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024.(Jamie Squire / Getty Images)

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This week, we have a particular installment of hoops talk with my friend Arya Shirazi, where we talk about Olympic basketball, Team USA, their incredible final against France, and the future of international basketball.

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Edge of Sports

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

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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 ZirinTwitterDave 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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