Edge of Sports Podcast Thu, 12 Feb 2015

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

Politics, News, Sports, History, Sports News

4.8 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2015

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Episode 246: BOOM! Dave, Coach, and Mark dive right into the fiasco surrounding Jackie Robinson West having their Little League World Series title being stripped. They share memories about legendary NCAA Men’s Basketball coaches Dean Smith (UNC) and Jerry Tarkanian (UNLV) after their passing over the past week. Finally, journalist Parker Molloy, discusses the topic of how the publci and media treats transgender athletes in light of recent rumors about Olympian Bruce Jenner. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	We are about to break the surly ponds of gravity and punch the face of God.
0:07.3	Left Jab Productions present Edge of Sports Radio, where sports and politics collage.
0:18.0	And now your host, Dave Zarin.
0:21.0	The Shmara Kid.
0:23.5	Boom.
0:24.4	Edge of Sports Radio, where sports and politics collide.
0:27.1	I'm Dave Ziron.
0:28.2	Joined, as always, by a man whose team did not have their title strip this week.
0:34.5	Although I would have rather had that happen to them than the kids who it did happen to.
0:40.8	Dan Baker, D.B., still basking in that Super Bowl?
0:44.3	Glow, are you on to better things?
0:45.9	Oh, it's never going to go away, Dave.
0:47.4	It's never going to way.
0:49.3	Well, not unlike herpes.
0:51.8	I'm sure that's true.
0:53.4	Coach, how you doing, sir? Big weekend at the intersection of sports and politics. You got it, man. You got it. You know, I was going to have my good buddy Charles Barkley on, but I told him that I was with you and Mark, you guys are big analytics guys, and he said, no way it might come out on that show. Ah, yeah, Charles Barkley, totally raising the level of the discourse by saying that people
1:13.5	who like analytics are people who could not get dates in high school.
1:18.3	How old is he, Mark?
1:19.6	In his 50s, still making you couldn't get a date to prom?
1:24.0	Charles gets lots of dates with high schoolers.
1:26.2	Lots.
1:26.6	Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. That's actually a very good point. The reason why Charles can make that joke is that he still does very well at the high school level. They keep staying the same age. Yeah, oh, God. Watch out, guys. He's making a very good reference to days and confused. And our good friend of the the show Matthew McConaughey friend of the show
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