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Edge of Sports

Michael Lee on the Fall of the 76ers

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The collapse of the Philadelphia 76ers has been one of the more curious dramas in sports. We speak to Michael Lee of the Washington Post about what the hell happened and what the ramifications are going forward. We also have Choice Words about athletes and the fight for abortion rights. 

We have Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down awards, an update on Brittney Griner’s case, and much more on this week's show!

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Michael Lee

Twitter: @MrMichaelLee

https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/michael-lee/


Zirin, On Abortion Rights, the Athletes Will Not Save Us

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/abortion-rights-athletes/


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1:08.7

Welcome to the Edge of Sports Podcast. I'm Dave Ziren. This week I'm so excited. We're talking to Michael Lee, basketball and sports and society writer for the Washington Post. We're going to be speaking about the Philadelphia 76ers and where in the human heck they are going, if anywhere, other than a ditch. ditch also i've got some choice words about athletes

1:29.9

and the fight for reproductive rights abortion rights and all the rest of it i've got just stand up

1:35.3

and just sit down awards related to brittney griner a still kidnapped hostage in russia which we

1:42.3

were going to discuss and also just one last point is I want

1:46.5

to dedicate this entire show to the memory of Shereen Abu Akle, who was killed by an Israeli sniper.

1:54.7

She was the great Al Jazeera reporter whose funeral was then effectively raided by Israeli troops, an utter tragedy and an abomination.

2:06.0

So this show is dedicated to Sharina Buakle.

2:08.4

But without further ado, let's talk to the man himself, Michael Lee.

2:21.3

Michael Lee, how are you doing, sir?

2:23.6

I'm doing well. Doing well.

2:28.3

Excellent. We can finally have a proper conversation. How's everything at the Washington Post?

2:44.8

Everything's good, man. We're working on a pretty big project now. So I'm going to be, what do you call it, zero dark 30 or something? I'm going to be laying low for a little bit. Can you tell us what the project is, or is that on a need-to-know basis?

2:52.6

Yeah, it's some James Bond type stuff. We'll come out with something. He's like, oh, that's what he's been stuff. Ah. We'll come out with something.

2:54.4

He's like, oh, that's what he's been doing.

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