Basketball in the Golden State with Legendary NBA Scribe Jack McCallum

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

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4.8 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2017

⏱️ 72 minutes

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This week, we talk to Hall of Fame NBA journalist Jack McCallum about his new book Golden Days: West's Lakers, Steph's Warriors, and the California Dreamers Who Reinvented Basketball. McCallum details the influence Jerry West had on two golden eras of basketball in California and he tells you what teams have the best shot to dethrone the Warriors in the years to come.We have some Choice Words about NFL Thanksgiving and their revealing choice to let the team in the nation's capital host the primetime game. This week demanded two Just Stand Up awards: Shout out to South Carolina women's basketball head coach, Dawn Staley and Marshawn Lynch make a statement in the same country that is synonymous with athlete-activists.We'll take you on a trip to the White House for the Just Sit Your Ass Down award and read you a terrific letter from a listener about how we report on the #MeToo movement.Jack McCallum, Author of Golden Days: West's Lakers, Steph's Warriors, and the California Dreamers Who Reinvented BasketballTwitter: @McCallum12Zirin, By Having the Washington R*dskins Host a Game on Thanksgiving, NFL Owners Show Their True Colorshttps://www.thenation.com/article/by-having-the-washington-rdskins-host-a-game-on-thanksgiving-nfl-owners-show-their-true-colors/—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 | Dipset Anthem - The Diplomats Feat. Cam'ron & Juelz Santana | Astral Weeks - Van Morrison | Drugs - Lil Kim Feat. Notorious B.I.G. | King Kunta - Kendrick Lamar | Celebration - Kool and the Gang | Mexico's National Anthem | Are You That Somebody - Aaliyah | Camila Cabello Havana Saxophone Cover - Juozas Kuraitis | Work From Home - Fifth Harmony | The Wire Theme Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	They keep referring to, you know, Kaepernick and the guys that kneel and the guys that
0:07.9	get, seem to get passes on it, are Curry, because he's beloved, and Steve Kerr and our
0:15.0	mutual guy Greg Popovich, because, you know, I don't know they their white authority figures, and Pop and Kerr know it
0:23.1	as well as anybody.
0:24.8	And they continue to bash these other guys, whereas what Kerr and the other guys on the Warriors
0:30.9	and Pop have said have been every bit as, you know, critical of Donald Trump as anybody in the country.
0:45.6	Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast.
0:47.8	I'm Dave Ziron.
0:48.9	This week, we speak to legendary NBA writer Jack McCallum about his new book, Golden Days, West Lakers,
0:57.4	Steffs Warriors, and the California Dreamers who reinvented basketball.
1:02.6	It's a terrific discussion.
1:04.2	We really get into it.
1:05.4	If you're a hoops fan or a hoops politics fan, you are going to love it.
1:10.4	Also, I've got some choice words about the Thanksgiving holiday
1:14.2	and the curious choice by the NFL as far as what city and what team will be hosting the big primetime game.
1:21.6	I also got Just Stand Up and Just Sit Your Ass Down Awards.
1:26.0	Yes, I get into Lavar versus Trump.
1:29.1	I also got a special letter that I want to read from an Edge of Sports listener.
1:33.2	It's absolutely fantastic.
1:34.9	It has to do with the Me Too movement.
1:37.0	And, of course, we got Kaepernick Watch.
1:38.9	But first, let's talk to Jack McCallum.
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