Edge of Sports with Dave Zirin

This week we speak to filmmaker Nancy Schwartzman about her film Roll Red Roll, a documentary about the 2012 sexual assault by members of the football team in Steubenville, Ohio.  We also have a long discussion with sports writer Charles Modiano about the Antonio Brown rape accusations and how the media is reporting on it. We also have ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just Sit Down’ awards to Kenny Stills and Tim Tebow/Kobe Bryant, and more. Nancy Schwartzman Twitter: @fancynancynyc (https://twitter.com/fancynancynyc?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) https://rollredrollfilm.com/ Charles Modiano Twitter: @ChuckModi1 (https://twitter.com/ChuckModi1) https://www.nydailynews.com/chuck-modiano-staff.html Zirin, Rape Accusations Could Finish Antonio Brown https://www.thenation.com/article/antonio-brown-rape/ — http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE) —

This week we speak to African-American trailblazing NASCAR driver Bill Lester. I also have choice words about the retirement of Andrew Luck and the crisis of race and class it poses for the NFL. We also have some ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just Sit Down’ Awards to the Portland Timber fans and rap mogul Jay-Z as well as a very special Kaepernick watch. Bill Lester Twitter: @Bill_Lester (https://twitter.com/Bill_Lester?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) https://theundefeated.com/whhw/bill-lester-the-first-black-driver-to-win-a-grand-am-race/ Zirin, Andrew Luck and the NFL’s Looming Crisis of Race and Class https://www.thenation.com/article/andrew-luck-nfl/ — http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE) —

This week we speak to Fencer Race Imboden who took a knee at the Pan Am Games during the anthem to protest the injustice raging across America. We also spoke to Royce White, friend of the show and former NBA player who went viral this week speaking out on what he sees as the blackballing of Carmelo Anthony. We also have choice words about Jay Z in the NFL, ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just Sit Down’ awards to some NFL players and a NFL coach’s playlist, and more! Race Imboden Twitter: @Race_Imboden (https://twitter.com/Race_Imboden?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/08/21/us-fencer-race-imboden-given-month-probation-pan-am-games-protest/ Royce White Twitter: @Highway_30 (https://twitter.com/Highway_30) https://sports.yahoo.com/royce-white-carmelo-anthony-being-blackballed-los-angeles-lakers-nba-mental-health-045632800.html — http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE) —

This week we speak to the author of Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics, Jules Boykoff. We both just returned from Tokyo where prep for the 2020 Summer Olympics is underway. We talk about our trip to the Olympic sites and Fukushima, and our interviews with people being displaced. We also have Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down Awards, Kaepernick Watch and more. All this and more on this week’s show! Jules Boykoff Twitter: @JulesBoykoff (https://twitter.com/JulesBoykoff?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) https://www.thenation.com/article/olympics-tokyo-protest-fukushima/ — http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE) —

This week I chop it up with hoops referee, author and coach Kevin McNutt about the US Women’s National Soccer Team’s World Cup victory, and we rank “Mt. Rushmore’s” in wide variety of sporting categories. It’s a blast. Enjoy! — http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE) —