State of The Sports Union & The Best Guests Of 2015

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

Sports, History, News, Politics, Sports News

4.8 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2015

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

“Life moves pretty fast…if you don’t stop and look around once in a while…you could miss it.” Wise words from Ferris Bueller animate the year’s final episode, where we revisit our favorite Edge of Sports guests of 2015. You’ll hear from musicians Chuck D and John Legend, Orioles owner John Angelos, NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith, journalist Jeanne Marie Laskas and NBA Champion Samaki Walker, the first NBA player to ply his trade in Syria. Also, Dave delivers his film review of ‘Concussion’ and gives his inaugural “State of the Sports Union.” We have big plans for the new year, starting with a trip to LA and an interview with NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. --Please send your questions and interview topics to edgeofsports@slate.com or tweet Dave at http://twitter.com/edgeofsports. Thanks for listening, and have a safe & happy New Year.1:00 - Chuck D, 5:30 - John Legend, 13:40 - John Angelos, 19:30 - DeMaurice Smith, 22:30 - Jeanne Marie Laskas27:16 - Dave ‘Concussion’ review: http://www.thenation.com/article/why-the-movie-concussion-spells-trouble-for-the-nfl-and-moral-angst-for-the-rest-of-us/, 34:24 - State of the Sports Union, “Women Roar”: http://www.thenation.com/article/women-roar-the-story-of-the-year-at-the-intersection-of-sports-and-politics/39:50 - Samaki WalkerMusic: Stoopkid - Day Bow Bow https://soundcloud.com/stoopkidbeats. Public Enemy - Welcome to the Terrordome, Harder Than You Think, He Got Game. John Legend & The Roots - Our Generation, I Can't Write Left Handed. Nina Simone - Baltimore. West1ne - The Elks https://soundcloud.com/west1ne. Ibrahim Maalouf - InPressi http://ibrahimmaalouf.com. HUNTS. & west metro - better days https://soundcloud.com/west-metro http://soundcloud.com/huntsssHomepage: http://edgeofsportspodcast.com | Email: edgeofsports@slate.com | Twitter: http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://twitter.com/danbloomsports Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Welcome to Edge of Sports, the podcast. I'm Dave Ziron.
0:03.1	So 2015 has been an incredible year and heating the advice of one Ferris Bueller,
0:08.5	Life moves pretty fast.
0:10.8	You don't stop and look around once in a while. You could miss it.
0:27.0	So we're using the last show of 2015 to revisit some of our favorite guests.
0:31.8	We'll hear from musicians like John Legend, athletes like NBA champion Samaki Walker,
0:36.0	who played in Syria, the only former NBA player to ever do so, and journalist Gene Marie Lascus, who actually wrote the book
0:38.0	on which the film Concussion is based. I'll also give my review of the film Concussion
0:42.3	and share some of our big plans for the new year.
0:48.9	So let's go back to our interview with Chuck D, who's kind enough to join us as the very
0:52.9	first guest on the new
0:54.3	Edge of Sports podcast.
1:02.0	Well, I wanted to be a sportscaster, and I was obsessed with being that guy that was either
1:08.4	going to be Omar Valbert or Brian Gumble before today or somebody,
1:14.4	you know, it wasn't unnatural to me at all.
1:17.3	So to actually make a sports reference, keep it hip-hop, make it sound fly, and then make it political.
1:25.7	I mean, that comes from, you know, John Carlos, Tommy Smith, the 68 boycott of the Olympics,
1:32.3	Muhammad Ali, Bill Russell, saying, no, I'm, you know, I will still live here in Boston,
1:37.3	hang on like it, you know, Jackie Robinson, who further, as we get far away from 1946,
1:45.8	and the reason I say 1946, because Jackie Robinson,
1:49.8	breaking through in another country in Montreal and experiencing the hatred
1:54.1	from Southern players in the minor leagues was as groundbreaking as 47.
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