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This week we speak to Joe Ehrmann, former NFL Player and founder of Inside Out Coaching: How Sports Can Change Lives. Also, I speak about the solidarity statement we organized to support Seattle Seahawk Michael Bennett, in his efforts to challenge the violence and racial profiling of the Las Vegas police; a solidarity statement that brought together people from Angela Davis to Colin Kaepernick.

We have Just Stand Up for friend of the program, Jemele Hill, after she tweeted out truths about No. 45...and then was subsequently scolded by her employer. ESPN, you can Just Sit Down. As always, we've got your Kaepernick Watch -- can you believe that we have something nice to say about Stephen A. Smith? You've gotta hear this!

Joe Ehrmann, Former NFL Lineman Defensive Lineman
Founder, InSideOut Initiative

Zirin, The Las Vegas Police Union Goes in the Gutter to Attack Michael Bennett
https://www.thenation.com/article/the-las-vegas-police-union-goes-in-the-gutter-to-attack-michael-bennett/

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Music: Eye Examination - Del The Funky Homosapien | Chief Don't Run - Jidenna | Pull Up - Wiz Khalifa Ft. Lil Uzi Vert | My Way - Calvin Harris | Cot Damn - Clipse | Passin' Me By - The Pharcyde | Break 'Em Off Somethin' - UGK |  Ambitions Az a Ridah - Tupac | The Wire Outro

Edge of Sports with Dave Zirin

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Sports Can Unlearn Toxic Masculinity

This week we speak to Robert Abbott, director, producer, and narrator of the 30 for 30 film The Last Days of Knight. We talk to the director about his film, Neil Reed’s courage, and why the coach remains a compelling figure inside the world of sports. 

Also we have Choice Words about the continued NFL collusion against Colin Kaepernick, specifically the Washington football team, Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down Awards to Andy Murray and UFC’s Dana White, readers comments and more!

Robert Abbott
Twitter: @RobertHeyAbbott
http://www.espn.com/30for30/film?page=lastdaysofknight

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Music: Eye Examination - Del the Funky Homosapien | Potion - Ludacris | Guess Who’s Back - Scarface | Nonstop - Drake | Name Callin’ - Queen Latifah | Kingdom Come - Jay-Z | Broken English - Smooth Da Hustler | Proceed II - The Roots & Roy Ayers | The Wire Theme

Dark Knight: Bob Knight’s Last Days at Indiana

This week we pay tribute to filmmaker Bill Siegel who passed away last week. Bill Siegel is known as the director of what I believe to be the best boxing documentary ever made, The Trials of Muhammad Ali. We play an interview that the podcast did with Bill Siegel after the death of Ali in 2016.

Also we have Choice Words about the late great Bill Siegel, his film The Trials of Muhammad Ali, and why his work was so important. We also have Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down Awards for the UNC athletic community and a Major League Baseball executive talking about a potential blackballing of Bruce Maxwell, and more!

Bill Siegel
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bill-siegel-dead-emmy-winning-trials-muhammad-ali-director-dies-at-55-1168327 


Zirin, Rest in Power, Ali Documentarian Bill Siegel
https://www.thenation.com/article/bill-siegel-obituary/

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Music: Eye Examination - Del the Funky Homosapien | Dead Presidents - Jay-Z | Now I Feel Ya - Scarface | What It’s Worth - Black Milk | I Need a Freak - Too Short | Renegade - Jay-Z Feat. Eminem | Goldyn Chyld - Ras Kass | The Wire Theme

Chicago Bill Siegel: The Greatest

This week we talk to AM670’s Julie DiCaro about Joe Ricketts, whose family owns the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field was found to have sent racist and Islamophobic emails to his family. What will be the fallout if any?

We also speak to author Bijan Bayne about the legacy of Frank Robinson and the sports anniversaries ahead in 2019. Damn we feel old. We also got ‘Choice Words’ about the legacy of Frank Robinson and ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just Sit Down’ awards for the Maryland legislature and Justin Fairfax, and much more!


Julie DiCaro
https://670thescore.radio.com/hosts/julie-dicaro 
Twitter: @JulieDiCaro

Bijan Bayne
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810895782/Elgin-Baylor-The-Man-Who-Changed-Basketball
Twitter: bijancbayne


Zirin, Frank Robinson Was a Fearless Speaker of Truth
https://www.thenation.com/article/frank-robinson-was-a-fearless-speaker-of-truth/

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Music: Eye Examination - Del the Funky Homosapien | We Gonna Make It - Jadakiss Feat. Styles P | Ovadose - Twista | It’s So Hard - Big Pun Feat. Donell Jones | Drip - Cardi B Feat. Migos | Life - J. Dilla | My Love - The Diplomats | Big Pimpin’ - Jay- Z Feat. UGK | Grammy Family - DJ Khaled Feat. Kanye West & Consequence | The Wire Theme

Cubs Ownership Has a Racism Problem

This week we speak to Indigenous Canadian long-distance runner Tracie Leost about Rosalie Fish the Washington state runner who wrote the initials MMIW for missing and murdered indigenous women and ran with the red handprint on her face. We talk about the issue of what is being called a “Canadian genocide” against indigenous women.

We also have ‘Choice Words’ about Robert Mueller and his penchant for protecting the powerful. We got a ‘Just Stand Up’ Award for Raptors guard Kyle Lowry and a ‘Just Sit Down’ award for the obnoxious and entitled fan that shoved Lowry at the Finals. All this and more on this week’s show!

Tracie Leost
Twitter: @tracieleost
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/high-school/but-when-i-run-about-it-people-will-notice-muckleshoot-tribals-rosalie-fish-runs-for-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women/

Zirin, Rosalie Fish Runs for the Murdered and Missing
https://www.thenation.com/article/rosalie-fish-canada-indigenous-women/

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Giving Silence A Voice

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!

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The Women’s World Cup Legacy & My Mt. Rushmores

Sports and Politics collide on the Edge of Sports. Each week, The Nation sports editor Dave Zirin sheds light on the dark corners of the sports world. Edge of Sports, the people’s sports show.