A Chamique Holdsclaw Christmas

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

Politics, News, Sports, History, Sports News

4.8 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2015

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Today, women’s basketball great Chamique Holdsclaw joins us to discuss the recent comments of Gilbert Arenas, and her own fascinating history in the game. For years, the #1 WNBA draft pick waged a silent battle for mental wellness, but she eventually chose to go public, becoming a powerful advocate and role model. Her journey is chronicled in the film ‘Mind Game.’ Then, we visit with Sporting News columnist David Steele, who found himself in the crosshairs of Trump-Nation and Patriot-Nation after criticizing Tom Brady for evading a political stance while displaying a “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” hat in his locker. Finally, the ‘Just Stand Up Award’ goes to NBA referee Bill Kennedy, who came out as a gay man as a show of pride and defiance in the face of Rajon Rondo’s on-court slurs. Thanks for listening. The Edge of Sports team wishes all our listeners a safe and happy holiday.--Chamique Holdsclaw twitter: http://twitter.com/chold1Chamique Holdsclaw film: http://mindgamefilm.orgDavid Steele twitter: http://twitter.com/david_c_steeleSteele: “Time for Tom Brady to take a stand on Donald Trump, stop playing it safe”http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl-news/4688125-tom-brady-donald-trump-cannot-play-it-safe-michael-jordan-shoes-neutral-patriotsZirin: “Rajon Rondo, Gay-Bashing, and the Beautiful Response to an Ugly Hate Crime”http://www.thenation.com/article/rajon-rondo-gay-bashing-and-the-beautiful-response-to-an-ugly-hate-crime/Zirin twitter: http://twitter.com/edgeofsportsEmail the show: edgeofsports@slate.comMusic: De Graaf [ https://soundcloud.com/gm090297 ], David Serena [ https://soundcloud.com/daveserena ] Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Welcome to Edge of Sports, the podcast. I'm Dave Ziren. This week we speak to the four-time
0:07.2	All-American, three-time champion, two-time player of the year from Tennessee. Shamehawmequa holds
0:12.1	clog.
0:19.3	We're talking to her for a whole variety of reasons,
0:22.2	but the central reason has to do with Gilbert Arenas.
0:25.0	Gilbert Arinas' comments about the WNBA,
0:27.5	horrifically racist, sexist comments about the players,
0:31.3	how they look, and basically arguing that they should dress up
0:34.3	like strippers if they want people to actually watch the games.
0:58.0	What is your response to Gilbert Arenas? What is your response to Gilbert Arenas?
1:06.5	Man, I was just kind of shocked and disappointing Gilbert because, you know, during my tenure in D.C., we both were there.
1:10.4	And, you know, I had so much respect for him as a player.
1:12.6	And, you know, Gilbert can be funny.
1:18.4	He's a great, he's great for the media, says some things sometimes that has people like, what?
1:19.2	What did he say?
1:23.8	But on the other hand, this is a man from my knowledge to have four daughters, you know?
1:27.0	Like, and he's raising, you know, young women.
1:31.7	And I'm like, wow, like, for him to say something so sexist, it just blew me away.
1:36.6	It was shocking on pretty much every conceivable level.
1:39.7	I wanted to ask you, because I know you speak to a lot of young people.
1:43.7	You do the role model thing, and it's very well earned.
1:47.2	A young girl comes up to you and says,
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