Hoops and Harm with Jack McCallum

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

Sports, History, Sports News, News, Politics

4.8 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2016

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Jack McCallum is the most important, respected basketball writer of the last 50 years. We talk to Captain Jack about how basketball players will respond to a trump presidency, the career resurrection of my kids and toni, and the differences – from the three-point shot to basic muscle tone – of players in the league. I also speak about what it would look like if Donald Trump could name our sports commissioners. We respond to a hotline call about Jim Brown meeting the President-Elect, and finally we have a first-ever Just Stand Down award, handed to the Minnesota football team.Jack McCallum: http://www.jackmccallum.net/ | https://twitter.com/McCallum12Zirin column, The ‘Brutal Solidarity’ of the Minnesota Gophershttps://www.thenation.com/article/the-brutal-solidarity-of-the-minnesota-gophers/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@slate.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-428-3343 (EDGE) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hey, Edge of Sports listeners, this is Dave Ziron.
0:02.5	If you live in Seattle, you've got to come out to Town Hall, Seattle on January 5th.
0:07.3	I will be interviewing Seattle Seahawk Michael Bennett, otherwise known as Moses Bread 72.
0:13.9	I'm going to be talking to Michael Bennett about sports, politics, and everything in between by one of the most thoughtful guys out there.
0:21.1	Details to get tickets in the description of this podcast.
0:28.0	Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Ziron.
0:31.4	Today we speak to the best basketball writer of the last 50 years.
0:35.4	Longtime Sports Illustrated scribe,
0:38.6	Jack McCallum.
0:41.5	It drives me nuts when people my age talk about how much better
0:43.0	it was back then. I say,
0:45.5	man, you don't know what you're watching.
0:47.5	With LeBron, Kevin Durant,
0:49.3	Steph Curry, Russell Westbrook,
0:51.5	James Harden. If you don't think these
0:53.3	guys are good, you're just not watching.
0:57.9	We talk to Captain Jack about how the elections will affect this generation of political NBA players
1:05.2	and how the players of yesteryear compare to today's superstars. Also, we speak about what it would look like
1:12.9	if Donald Trump could appoint the sports commissioners of our major sports leagues. And usually
1:19.2	we give you a just stand up award for athletes who are speaking out. Today, we're giving a just
1:23.9	stand down award for some athletes who tried to organize for something they really had
1:28.4	no business organizing around. Take it easy, champ. Why don't you stop talking for a while?
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