LeBron’s Champion Cavaliers & Sports After Orlando

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

Sports, History, News, Politics, Sports News

4.8 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2016

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The ascendancy of the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James to the top of the mountain has captivated hoop fans everywhere, including us. First, Dave Zirin sings the praises of LeBron and the Cavs, and then speaks with Cyd Zeigler, founder of the website Outsports and author of the new book ‘Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports’ about how the sports world responded to the massacre of LGBT people in Orlando. Finally, we take it to church…seriously…with a recording of Dave’s Father’s Day sermon, as delivered to Plymouth Congregational Church in DC on "Muhammad Ali, Orlando, and the Light of Understanding."Cyd Zeigler: https://twitter.com/CydZeiglerFair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sportshttp://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/fair-play/Outsportshttp://www.outsports.com/ | https://twitter.com/outsportsPlymouth Congregational United Church of Christ. Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler http://www.plymouth-ucc.org/ | Zirin Sermon: https://www.spreaker.com/user/plymouthucc-washingtondc/dave-zirin-m-ali-orlando-the-light-of-unMusic & LeBron mix by Jason St. Clair https://fb.com/jason.stclair.58Intro Music: ‘The Ruler’s Back’ (Instrumental) produced by Bink https://twitter.com/sommeave—http://edgeofsportspodcast.com | http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@slate.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Zyron.
0:10.7	We are going to talk to Sid Ziegler, the founder of Out Sports and the author of Fair Play,
0:15.8	how LGBT athletes are claiming their rightful place in sports about the response by the sports world to
0:22.0	the Orlando shootings. We are also going to play audio of a sermon I gave in Plymouth Congregational
0:27.9	Church about Muhammad Ali Orlando and the light of understanding. But first, Cleveland,
0:34.9	the Cleveland, the Cleveland, bringing it, Beliveland, the Cleave, bringing it all back.
0:40.7	LeBron James, LeBron James, LeBron James, LeBron James, LeBron James, LeBron James, LeBron Jones.
0:52.8	Here's some choice words I wrote for Slam magazine.
0:55.8	I call this witnesses.
0:58.9	Look, we've had NBA finals MVP's who dedicated their victories through a mask of tears to their mothers, their fathers, and their hometowns.
1:07.0	But we've never had an MVP say that he won the trophy as a statement of resistance against the ways that neoliberal deindustrialization and urban neglect has wrecked his team city, a city that stands however gingerly, a mere 20-minute drive from where he grew up.
1:23.3	We've never had a player strap a team to his back in such a manner, leading players on both teams in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks.
1:32.9	The first time that has happened in any NBA series ever.
1:36.5	We have never seen someone willingly shoulder such a colossal burden, and then as the chorus of doubters reached a shrill fever pitch,
1:44.9	the deliver.
1:46.0	But that is exactly what LeBron, James did.
2:05.4	After leading Cleveland to an utterly improbable NBA title,
2:12.2	after being down three games to one against only the greatest regular season team in NBA history.
2:17.3	When LeBron shouted, Cleveland, this one is for you.
2:22.9	The context was unmistakable, and everyone knew exactly what he was talking about.
2:32.9	It recalled his July 2014 open letter announcing his return to Cleveland after four years of mastering his talents in South Beach when he said,
2:35.8	I feel my calling here goes above basketball.
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