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Edge of Sports

Jordan’s Last Dance

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

This week we talk to friend of the show Michael Lee to talk about Last Dance, a documentary on Michael Jordan and the ’98 Chicago Bulls. We talk about the NBA of the ‘90s, Michael Jordan’s drive to be great, and why people continue to be fascinated by MJ. 

We also have some ‘Choice Words’ about WWE and its decision to resume live programming in the midst of the coronavirus. In addition, we have ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just Sit Down’ awards to Megan Rapinoe for her fantastic livestream with W. Kamau Bell and Trump’s committee to reopen sports. All that and more on this week’s Edge of Sports!

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Twitter: @MrMichaelLee

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for Jordan the average like 37 points or whatever at a time when there was hand checking and body

0:06.6

slams and so much stuff that he had to endure I mean probably any three-point shooting you had to

0:13.0

really prove that you were the man like it was physical and now it's like everything so free and loose

0:20.6

and it's like it's fun I like you

0:22.2

I'm not complaining

0:23.1

But it was a man's league

0:26.1

Mike came up to a man's league

0:27.6

Like you had to be built for it

0:30.3

If you weren't you weren't going to survive

0:32.5

You're going to survive

0:32.6

You Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Ziron. This week we talked to one of our favorites, the athletic basketball scribe Michael Lee, about this documentary about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls called The Last

0:55.8

Dance. And people are saying that this documentary might be the last instance we ever have in

1:01.8

the sports world of a monocultural moment. In other words, an event that everybody will be tuning

1:07.2

into. And frankly, if we don't see a Super Bowl in the next couple of years,

1:11.3

that actually makes a great deal of sense.

1:14.1

Also, I've got some choice words about the carnival-esque world of professional wrestling,

1:19.8

along with some breaking news about what's happening in that world.

1:23.3

I also have Just Stand Up and Just Sit Your Ass Down Awards,

1:26.4

a special Kaepernick watch and more.

1:28.4

But first, let's go to Michael Lee.

1:35.7

Michael, thank you so much for making the time.

1:38.1

I really do appreciate it.

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