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Edge of Sports

Edge of Sports Podcast Thu, 21 Aug 2014

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

Politics, News, Sports, History, Sports News

4.8619 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2014

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Episode 315: BOOM! Dave’s back! That’s right! He’s got one helluva show lined up for you this week. Ed Bollinger, Dave’s father in law, starts the show off with a brief history of football. Dave caught up with Hassan Assad, Pro Wrestling’s “MVP”, earlier in the week to discuss Assad’s trip to Ferguson, Missouri. Dr. Jennifer Ring, Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno, and author Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don’t Play Baseball, joins the show to explain why more girls don’t play baseball. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcript

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0:00.0

We are about to break the surly ponds of gravity and punch the face of God.

0:07.0

Left Jab Productions present Edge of Sports Radio, where sports and politics collise.

0:18.0

And now your host, Dave Zarin.

0:21.9

The Schmada Kid.

0:23.8

Boom!

0:26.7

Edge of Sports Radio, where sports and politics collide.

0:30.0

I'm Dave Ziren, and I'm back.

0:34.7

Joined as always by a man who, I got to tell you,

0:55.7

if I had to choose between having a tumor taken out of my stomach and being with Dan Baker, how big's the tumor? Dan, how you doing, buddy? Great to have you back. Great to be here, Dave. Oh, my goodness. Great to have you back in my life is what I mean. You have been helming this ship. And joined by Mean Mark Barry. Meemark, thank you so much for keeping the show in motion while i was on the bench on the shelf i mean we we can't say anything about how good the motion was but

1:01.1

it was in motion yes technically moving forward technically i thought it was fantastic i'm sure you did

1:06.8

dan i thought it was good too and you know what also thank you so much to coach, Kevin McNutt. Coach, I know you're feeling a little silent today, but don't say a word if you admit that I am and always will be better at you at basketball. Okay. He's saying nothing. All right, coach isn't here this week. That was kind of low. We got a hell of a show this week. I'm so excited. First and foremost, I'm going to do this in order, which is not the order of my happiness because the first person I'm going to mention is the person who I'm happiest is here. That is my father-in-law, Ed Bollinger, a former football player at the Villanova University. A long-time football fan.

1:45.1

We're going to talk to him about how the game has changed and how the game has stayed the same.

1:49.1

Very excited about this.

1:50.4

We're going to introduce him after the break.

1:52.3

And we are going to talk to Hassan Hassad, who you've never heard of, but pro wrestling

1:57.0

fans have heard of him as Montel, Von Tavius Porter, otherwise known as MVP.

2:02.1

Very interesting guy.

2:04.0

Someone who has not only a pro wrestling star, but he's also been in a prison, and he comes from a family of police officers.

2:10.1

And he made the trip to Ferguson just for a team cell.

2:14.4

As he put it, he was tired of shaking his fist at the TV.

2:17.4

So we're going to talk to

2:18.1

MVP about his experience in Ferguson. And we are going to talk to Jennifer Ring. I am so excited

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