Martina Navratilova: The Refusal to Go Backward

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

Politics, News, Sports, History, Sports News

4.8 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2016

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Edge of Sports welcomes Martina Navratilova, one of the greatest tennis players ever and one of host Dave Zirin’s political-athlete heroes. Martina made history not just with her utter on-court dominance of the 1980s, but through a remarkable journey away from her family in totalitarian Czechoslovakia, and to a life where she lives today as a political, open LGBT American. This week’s column read is “The Past Is Never Dead: Peyton Manning and Today’s Jock-Rape Culture at Tennessee,” and we give “Just Stand Up Awards” to musicians Win Butler and Kendrick Lamar.—-This episode of Edge of Sports is brought to you by FreshBooks. For the best way to make tax season easy, get FreshBooks, a cloud accounting software designed exclusively for small business owners and freelancers. Go to http://FreshBooks.com/Edge and enter "Edge" in the “How You Heard About Us” section for a 30-day free trial. We’re also sponsored by Casper mattresses. Go to http://Casper.com/Edge for great offers on amazing mattresses, and you’ll be supporting Edge of Sports.—9:54 Sports Illustrated: Jason Collins a 'game-changer' http://on.si.com/1mJ3HJA16:53 Jan Palach Funeral (1969) http://youtu.be/A26Z4MB1yJ818:22 Soviets Put Down Prague Spring (1968) http://britishpathe.com/video/soviets-pu…wn-prague-spring19:34 Navratilova wins 1st US Open over Chris Evert, 1983 http://youtu.be/3LBR1mlKj7A21:28 Mel DiGiacomo: http://northjersey.com/arts-and-entertai….1332027?page=all26:50 Dave Zirin: http://thenation.com/article/the-past-i…ture-at-tennessee/28:42 Shaun King: http://nydailynews.com/news/national/kin…article-1.253039530:58 Jessica Luther: http://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/wit…-explaining-to-do34:25 Win Butler: http://youtu.be/fhxtrSIkseA35:47 Kendrick: http://video.vulture.com/video/Kendrick-L…s-Performance-at—Music: Vytis http://soundcloud.com/vytisbeats | Hamry http://soundcloud.com/hamry | ABBA http://abbasite.com | Floex http://soundcloud.com/floex | Arcade Fire http://arcadefire.com | Kendrick Lamar http://kendricklamar.com—twitter.com/martina | martinanavratilova.comtwitter.com/edgeofsports | edgeofsportspodcast.com | fb.com/edgeofsportspod |edgeofsports@slate.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	This episode of Edge of Sports is brought to you by FreshBooks.
0:02.9	For the best way to make tax season easy, get FreshBooks, a cloud accounting software designed
0:07.8	exclusively for small business owners and freelancers.
0:11.1	Just go to freshbooks.com slash edge and enter Edge in the how you heard about us section.
0:16.1	Edge of Sports is also brought to you by Casper Mattresses.
0:18.6	Go to casper.com slash Edge for great offers on
0:22.2	on amazing mattresses and you'll be supporting the show, Edge of Sports.
0:30.6	Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Ziren. Our guest this week is a sports
0:35.7	politics legend, one of the greatest tennis players to ever walk
0:38.8	the earth and someone who has never been shy whether in the 1980s 1990s or today to speak about
0:45.8	her politics or openly live her truth as a proud LGBT woman. We're talking about the person who
0:52.0	has won more singles and doubles titles than anyone in tennis history,
0:56.4	someone who over one five-year stretch won 97% of every match she played.
1:00.9	Her name is Martina Navratilova.
1:06.7	James, that in champion.
1:17.1	Thank you. That's right. Martina, thank you so much for joining us here on the Edge of Sports podcast.
1:21.0	Thanks for having me.
1:22.0	I just did yoga this morning, so I'm feeling good.
1:25.1	We are going to talk to Martina about the current polarized state of politics in this country,
1:30.0	her memories of the Prague Spring, and how she would come up with a strategy to defeat Serena Williams.
1:36.0	I can't believe this. We're talking to Martina.
1:38.2	One of my personal heroes. Let's get to it right away.
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