Podcast / Edge of Sports / May 14, 2024

NBA Playoffs: Round One Understood

On this episode of Edge of Sports, Dave and Arya discuss the playoffs.

Edge of Sports
Edge of Sports

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

Round One Understood
byDave Zirin / The Nation

This week, Dave Zirin brings back Arya Shirazi to discuss round one of the playoffs and what we learned.

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New York Knicks’ Stephon Marbury watches as New Jersey Nets’ Jason Kidd shoots a free throw in the second half of Game 4 of first-round playoffs at Madison Square Garden.

(Andrew Savulich / NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

On this episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, we bring back Arya Shirazi to discuss round one of the playoffs and what we learned.

Edge of Sports
Edge of Sports

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

Why Baseball Movies Matter 
byDave Zirin / The Nation

This week, we speak about the joy and politics of baseball movies. First, we speak to Noah Gittell, author of the terrific romp of a book Baseball: The Movie. Then we speak to movie savant Arya Shirazi about the five most essential baseball movies of all time and whether they will hold up in 2024. 

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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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