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Edge of Sports

Edge of Sports Podcast Thu, 26 Mar 2015

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

Sports, History, Sports News, News, Politics

4.8619 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2015

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Episode 252: BOOM! Dave, Mark and Coach dissect why Mark is still a fan of the NFL, but no longer his beloved Chicago Bears with the signing of Ray McDonald. Author, lawyer and basketball commentator Richard Kent previews the Sweet 16 and tells you which remaining teams could take down Kentucky in the men’s bracket or UConn in the women’s tournament. Andy Schwarz, Economist & Partner at OSKA, gives you a fresh perspective on college athletes getting paid. “The question isn’t about if the should get paid, it’s if they would if the NCAA wasn’t colluding. They would. 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.

0:06.5

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

0:17.2

And now your host, Dave Zaire.

0:20.2

The Schmada Kid.

0:22.7

Boom!

0:23.5

Edge of Sports Radio, where sports and politics collide.

0:27.1

I'm Dave Ziron.

0:28.1

I'm playing with my voice because I think I have a future as the next Michael Winslow in the new reboot of the Police Academy movies.

0:36.7

Poopo!

0:38.3

What do you think? Dan Baker, am I good?

0:40.3

Dan Baker is single-handedly responsible for Maryland losing to West Virginia.

0:45.3

And I hope anybody out there who is a Terp who's listening to this, call Dan Baker by what I call him now.

0:52.3

X-Turp.

0:53.3

Disowned.

0:55.1

Exterp.

0:56.4

He didn't have the faith.

0:51.2

They lost to West Virginia. Joined by the coach, Kevin McNutt. How are you doing, Coach? All right, Dave. How's that bracket looking, dude? Hey, didn't I have Michigan State last week? Did I pick Michigan State last week? You did. Didn't I pick Iowa State? All right, moving on.

0:52.6

And I didn't pick Michigan State either.

0:53.3

Didn't I pick Maryland?

0:54.7

I'm so angry about this.

1:45.6

All I wanted from this tournament was Maryland versus Kentucky. That's all I wanted was to see it. And for players to get paid. Maryland coaching staff and the medical staff do the right thing, which I don't know if every school in the tournament would have done. They took metal triple out when he got a concussion. So props to them. Put him back in and then took him out again. They were down 10 with five years. That was something. I don't know, Dan. I couldn't even retweet your tweet, patting them on the back. And, you know, now I'm suspicious of you, too, ex-terp. I really am. Like, you're praising them. There's some Illuminati stuff going on right here. He's sneaky. He's sneaky. Hey, Mark,

1:50.6

we got a hell of a show this week. We're going to talk to Andy Schwartz, who is a brilliant economist,

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