Quick Take: When Athletes Endorse

The NPR Politics Podcast

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🗓️ 2 May 2016

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Just ahead of Tuesday's pivotal Indiana state primary, Donald Trump is campaigning in the state with ex-Indiana Hoosiers college basketball coach Bob Knight. Trump has also collected a number of endorsements from professional athletes and coaches, so the NPR Politics team invited Washington Post sports columnist Kevin Blackistone on the podcast to talk about what happens when sports and politics collide, why athletes endorse, and what it means for the race. This episode: campaign reporter Scott Detrow, political editor Domenico Montanaro, and special correspondent Melissa Block. Find the team on Twitter @ProfBlackistone, @scottdetrow, @DomenicoNPR, and @NPRmelissablock. More coverage at nprpolitics.org. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast here with a quick take on sports and the 2016
0:08.3	campaign.
0:09.3	Donald Trump is trying to win Indiana this week and he's campaigning all over the state
0:14.1	with former Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight.
0:17.1	And I'll tell you one thing, that man that was just up here a moment ago, I'll tell you
0:21.6	that's something that you could play for me.
0:25.6	Before the New York primary, Trump campaigned with Bill's coach Rex Ryan.
0:29.0	It's a great honor for me to introduce Donald Trump.
0:34.8	And around the newsroom, we got to thinking that Trump has collected endorsements from
0:38.1	a whole lot of notorious sports figures.
0:41.3	John Daley, Dennis Rodman, Mike Tyson, Bobby Knight.
0:45.1	No, it pains me to lump him in with those guys.
0:47.9	He did break a whole lot of water coolers, former Yankee Polonio.
0:51.9	So we're going to talk about that for a few minutes and also talk a bit more broadly
0:54.8	about when sports and politics collide.
0:57.7	I'm Scott DeTro, I cover the campaign.
0:59.6	I'm Dominican Montenegro political editor.
1:01.4	I'm Melissa Bluck, a special correspondent.
1:03.7	Kevin Blackestone with the SBN Sports Colms at the Washington Post and teacher.
1:07.5	Kevin, thanks for joining us.
1:09.3	Thanks for the invite.
1:10.3	So let's start with this.
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