The Hidden History of the 1936 US Olympic Basketball Team

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This week we speak to author Andrew Maraniss about his new book Games of Deception about the 1936 US Olympic Basketball team’s foray into the Hitler hosted Berlin Olympics.

We have ‘Choice Words’ about the Nationals visit to the White House. We also have ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just Sit Down’ awards to Mary Cain, the track athlete that came forward to speak in detail about her alleged abuse by a Nike coach, and Ryan Anderson and Kurt Suzuki, on the heels of their visit to the White House. All this and more on this week’s episode!

Andrew Maraniss

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Zirin, The Nationals’ Discordant White House Celebration

https://www.thenation.com/article/world-series-trump-white-house/

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0:00.0	I used to joke that reading Olympic history, I would come across Brundage and be like,
0:04.5	why haven't you died?
0:06.3	What is happening?
0:08.2	Yeah.
0:09.1	So, you know, what an important figure in Olympic history.
0:13.3	And I wanted kids to understand and adults to understand the power of bad leadership, you know,
0:19.6	another parallel to today's times.
0:33.2	Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast.
0:35.1	I'm Dave Ziron.
0:36.4	Ooh, I'm excited this week.
0:38.0	We are talking to Andrew Marinus, who is a contributor to the ESPN's undefeated, and he is the author of a new book called Games of Deception.
0:47.0	And I love this book.
0:48.5	It's about the first basketball team, which went to the Olympics.
0:52.3	Guess what year they went?
0:53.7	It was 1936. It was Hitler's
0:55.9	Olympics. That's the first time there was Olympic basketball, and the story behind it will blow
1:00.7	your mind. Also, I've got some choice words about the Washington Nationals' how shall I say
1:06.9	discordant White House celebration. I've got just stand up and just sit your ass down awards and
1:13.4	more but first let's talk to andrew marinus um i asked someone here in studio um who's a real sports
1:25.7	guy like when was the first first basketball tournament at the Olympics?
1:31.4	And his guess was 52.
1:35.1	Okay.
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