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Edge of Sports

Babe Ruth & the Birth of Modern Celebrity

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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This week we speak to Jane Leavy, author of the new book ‘Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created.’ It’s a unique look at the foundational athlete of the 20th century and the birth of the modern celebrity athlete in American society.  Also we’ve got ‘Choice Words’ about the University of Maryland’s effort to perfume their toxic football culture. We also have ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just Sit Down Awards to Darius Miles and Syracuse coach Jim Boheim, a special Kaepernick Watch, and more.    Jane Leavy Twitter: @janelavy1 https://www.amazon.com/Big-Fella-Babe-World-Created-ebook/dp/B075WTRYMC Zirin, Of Course the University of Maryland’s Football Culture Is Toxic https://www.thenation.com/article/of-course-the-university-of-marylands-football-culture-is-toxic/ — http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: [email protected] | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE) — Music: Eye Examination - Del the Funky Homosapien | Line ‘Em Up - Freeway Feat. Young Chris | The Life - Styles P. Feat. Pharoahe Monch | Live In The Sky - T.I. Feat. Jamie Foxx | All About The Benjamins (Remix) - Puff Daddy Feat. Lil' Kim, The Lox & The Notorious B.I.G. | Brooklyn Zoo - Ol’ Dirty Bastard | Find A Way - Tribe Called Quest | Rock Co.Kane Flow - De La Soul Feat. MF Doom | The Wire Theme Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Well, this is synergy, and this is branding.

0:03.0

It's all the things that you see today.

0:06.0

And I would argue, it's only a little bit of an exaggeration,

0:11.0

that you can draw a direct line from Babe Ruth to Kim Kardashian's Tush.

0:18.0

On tomorrow, I depart to that line. Tush.

0:27.6

Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast.

0:28.5

I'm Dave Ziren.

0:33.5

This week we are talking to one of the great sports authors of our time, Jane Levin.

0:39.5

She wrote the definitive and endlessly creative biographies of Sandy Kofax and Mickey Mantle,

0:44.1

and now she has published The Big Fella, Babe Ruth, and The World He Created.

0:47.0

We will speak to her about the babe.

0:52.6

Also, I've got some choice words about the University of Maryland in a football culture that can only be described as toxic.

0:55.4

I've got just stand up and just sit your ass down awards

0:58.6

and Kaepernick watch.

1:00.4

But first, let's go to the legend herself, Jane Levy.

1:09.1

My first question for you is, so you wrote in my mind and but most people's minds are the definitive

1:17.2

biographies of sandy cofax and micky mantel and you could have chosen any subject why babe ruth

1:24.1

well after you've done mantel and coofax, where else do you go?

1:30.6

I mean, it's not going to be, with all due respect, Walker Bueller,

1:36.6

though he may end up being a great pitcher and perhaps someday somebody will write a fabulous biography of him.

1:44.1

But I think that in the current milieu,

1:48.4

what happens is that people try to write life stories before those lives are lived. And,

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