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Edge of Sports

The Legendary Robert Lipsyte: His New Book Rhino Run, And How YA Novels Can Save The World

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week, we speak to the legendary New York Times journalist and acclaimed Young Adult writer Robert Lipsyte. We talk about his new book, Rhino’s Run, the relationship between high school athletes and masculinity, and the galvanizing potential of American football. Al this and more on this week’s pod!


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1:08.9

Welcome to the Edge of Sports Podcast, brought to you by The Nation magazine. I'm Dave Ziren, sports

1:12.7

editor over at the nation, the oldest weekly in the United States, and a weekly that, frankly,

1:18.3

at this point in time, has never been more important or more vital. We are speaking today.

1:24.5

I'm so excited to an absolute legend in the world of sports writing.

1:29.6

Long time, New York Times columnist Robert Lipsight. Robert Lipsight's career goes back to covering

1:38.4

Muhammad Ali in the early 1960s when he was Cassius Clay before anybody had an idea that this person was going to change the world.

1:47.1

Well, Bob figured that out before any sports writer out there.

1:51.7

Sincerely and truly, you can look it up.

1:54.4

We're going to talk to Bob, not about his incredible sports writing career, but about a book he just wrote.

2:00.9

It's a young adult book about football.

2:03.3

It's called Rhinos Run.

2:05.9

And it's about a high school football team and a player on it and him navigating issues

2:10.6

of masculinity, his family, politics, Trumpism, protest.

2:18.3

I mean, it's just such an incredible book.

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