Edge of Sports Podcast Thu, 13 Nov 2014

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

Politics, News, Sports, History, Sports News

4.8 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2014

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Episode 327: BOOM! A great show this week for you. Dave and Coach debate Derrick Rose’s latest comments about keeping an eye on the future as he play basketball now. Richard Kent, college basketball guru, previews the Women’s and Men’s NCAA Basketball season. Jamilah King, senior editor of Colorlines.com, explains the importance of the upcoming Facing Race convention, which will cover the connectivity of sports and society. Thoughts on “Rand University” 30 for 30. 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.
0:06.6	Left Jab Productions present Edge of Sports Radio, where sports and politics collage.
0:17.3	And now your host, Dave Zaire.
0:20.3	The Shmada Kid.
0:22.7	Boom!
0:23.6	Edgeers Sports Radio where sports and politics collide.
0:27.0	I'm Dave Ziron.
0:28.1	Joined as always by a man who single-handedly is responsible for keeping the Boston Celtics alive in the hearts and minds of the people of this nation. Dan Baker, DB! How have you done it, man? I guess we'll just forget about the fact that the loss of the thunder without Kevin Durant or Russell Westbrook. I raised all that, so you would have to say that. And we're joined by the coach, Kevin McNutt.
0:54.7	I'm so mean.
0:55.2	How you do it, coach?
0:56.4	You let him set you up like that.
0:54.0	When was the last time Anthony Morrow did anything good? Oh, my God, 28 points? The other night, you don't want to mess with Morrow, not when you're coming at him with Kelly Olenick. But speaking of this day, just to get back at you, They say Kobe is now number one in history for most missed shots.
0:54.6	That's true. If they had elaborated that to go through high school and playground, just to get back at you, they say Kobe is now number one in history for most missed
1:11.6	shots. If they had elaborated that to go through high school and playground, your name
1:15.6	would have been there, I would have been in the discussion, but you know who else is in those
1:18.8	discussions? People like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. John Havlicek is the record he broke. So you've got
1:25.2	to be great enough to be given the rock for goodness six. And I know that doesn't quite apply to Kobe, but it definitely applies to me. The miss
1:33.3	shots come because they want Dave Z shooting that rock, baby. And also, we didn't play in terms of
1:38.4	efficiency back then. People more just wanted to see the glory of the arc, the spinning of the
1:43.6	ball. I mean, because that was part of the arc, the spinning of the ball.
1:46.2	I mean, because that was part of the show back then.
1:50.5	So, you know, it's like it wasn't really about whether you could make shots or not.
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