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Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

Politics, News, Sports, History, Sports News

4.8 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

This week we talk about the NBA season that was with the Athletic’s NBA national correspondent Michael Lee. Also I’ve got choice words about

We also have ‘Choice Words’ about the politics of Megan Rapinoe and her decision to not sing the National Anthem at the World Cup. We got a ‘Just Stand Up’ Award to a first time winner, Russell Wilson, for his comments about the nation’s immigration policy after a horrifying photo of a migrant father and daughter dead on the Mexican side of a river was leaked. We got a ‘Just Sit Down’ award for Kevin Keetzman, a Kansas City sports radio show host. All this and more on this week’s show!

Michael Lee

Twitter: @MrMichaelLee

https://theathletic.com/author/michael-lee/

Zirin, Megan Rapinoe’s Statement Echoes the Words of Muhammad Ali

https://www.thenation.com/article/megan-rapinoes-statement-echoes-the-words-of-muhammad-ali/

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0:00.0	What's the old Ronnie Lott story?
0:01.8	Don't get your finger cut off.
0:03.1	Just cut it off so I can play.
0:05.4	And like that's something we glorify.
0:07.3	When it's like, dude, you just cut your finger off.
0:10.7	Like no one is, you know, guys playing through concussions and, you know, all of these things
0:15.3	are rewarded by fans and media as being tough and being gritty.
0:20.2	And if you don't perform, you're considered soft and weak.
0:24.3	And it's just like maybe we need to change our own mentality
0:28.2	and how we view athletes and how we judge them.
0:32.2	Yeah. Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast.
0:45.3	I'm Dave Zyron.
0:46.3	We are back.
0:47.3	This week we are talking to Michael Lee with The Athletic.
0:50.6	He's their national NBA writer.
0:52.3	We're going to be talking to him about the season that was and some of the tea leaves of free agency and what they tell us about the state of the
0:59.2	league. Also, I've got some choice words about everybody's favorite rebel athlete these days,
1:05.2	Megan Rapino, and I've got Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down awards, but first, live face to face, here we go.
1:14.0	Michael Lee.
1:21.2	Oh, Michael Lee.
1:22.1	How are you doing, sir?
1:23.2	I'm doing great.
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