Street art memorials of George Floyd by Shane Grammer and NBA player Kobe Bryant by Gustavo Zermeño Jr. at Sportie LA on Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles.(Chelsea Guglielmino / Getty Images)
This week on the show we speak to Michael Lee of The Athletic about the prospects of playing the remainder of the NBA season in the Orlando bubble. We also talk about Stephen Jackson’s anti-Semitic comments and discuss what that could do to the movement for player empowerment.
We also have some Choice Words about how athletes are fighting the Olympic ban on protests. In addition, we have Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down awards to the wave of dissent and protest taking place in the sport of cricket in recent weeks and a couple of deplorable GOP senators. All that and more on this week’s Edge of Sports!
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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.