Edge of Sports

What Is Juiced? The Players? The Balls? Or The Planet?

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to freelance author Rob Arthur about his theories about the Major League Baseball home run boom. Arthur turns science into home run...

NBA, China, and the Coming Season

21 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to The Athletic's National Basketball Association correspondent Michael Lee about all things NBA, China, and LeBron. We also pr...

Ryan O'Callaghan's Life On The Line

07 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk to former NFL player Ryan O'Callaghan about his book My Life on the Line, and what it was like to keep his sexuality hidden as a...

WNBA Finals Fever

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to WNBA aficionado Helen Welock about the WNBA finals between the Mystics and Suns. We also Have ‘Choice Words’ about the can...

Maya Moore Makes History By Walking Away

23 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to one of the great basketball players of all time, Maya Moore, talking to us about her unprecedented decision to walk away from ho...

Steubenville to Antonio Brown

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Bill Lester: NASCAR Trailblazer

04 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 cr...

Race & Royce: Rebel Athletes

26 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 als...

The Road to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

05 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

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

15 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ran...

The Chronicles of KD

01 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

From Toronto to Paris

17 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to journalist and Burn it All Down Podcast co-host Shireen Ahmed about her experience in Paris for the start of the Women’s World...

Giving Silence A Voice

10 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Indigenous Canadian long-distance runner Tracie Leost about Rosalie Fish the Washington state runner who wrote the initials MMIW...

On Marshawn Lynch: Radical Iconoclast

03 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to filmmaker David Shields about his new film Lynch: A History about the great running back Marshawn Lynch. The film looks at Lynch...

The WNBA: Poised for a Breakthrough?

27 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Lyndsey D’Arcangelo of the Athletic WNBA and the Athletic Buffalo about the start of the WNBA season. We talk about the sport’...

Futbolera: Women, Soccer and Latin America

20 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to the co-author of the new book Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America, Brenda Elsey. We talk about the develop...

Wrestling’s Radical Champion

13 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"The Product" David Starr is a pro wrestler who is fighting to change the very economic foundation of his sport while also raising political c...

Antoine Fuqua on His New Ali Doc

29 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to the director of the Academy Award winning film Training Day, Antoine Fuqua, about his new HBO documentary, “What’s My Name?”...

The Fight to Save Coach Fofo From Deportation

22 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today we speak to Casa de Maryland Services Director George Escobar about the fight to save Agbegnigan Amouzou, also known as ‘Coach Fofo,’ from d...

The Preventable Death of Braeden Bradforth

15 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today we speak to Joanne Atkins-Ingram, the mother of Braeden Bradforth, who died of exertional heatstroke in a non-contact practice at Garden City Co...

The NBA Season That Was

08 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to the Athletic’s national NBA columnist about the 2018-2019 NBA season that has come and gone and whether anyone has a chance to...

The Wild and Crazy USFL

01 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to NY Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman about his book Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL. We ...

NCAA Exploitation Word Association

25 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to DC-based sports journalist and editor Patrick Hruby about the rot that envelops the NCAA, more visible than ever this March. We ...

The Attack on Trans Athletes

18 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Katie Barnes of ESPNW about the right wing movement against trans athletes particularly trans women, recent comments by tennis l...

Robert Kraft: A Different Perspective

11 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Melissa Gira Grant, author of Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work about Robert Kraft’s arrest and the agendas that lurk be...

Will The Caps on Major League Heads Be Union Made?

01 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Washington Nationals pitcher Sean Dolittle and activist Eireann Dolan about their push to keep the caps union made after a reloc...

Cubs Ownership Has a Racism Problem

11 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

The Worst Super Bowl Ever

06 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk to “The Football Girl” Melissa Jacobs about the worst Super Bowl ever. We also have ‘Choice Words’ about the political drama...

The Imagination of Martellus Bennett

28 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk to former pro-bowler and Super Bowl champ Martellus Bennett about his new children’s book Dear Black Boy. The former NFL standout ...

Talking NCAA Football Unions w/ Kain Colter

22 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Kain Colter, former quarterback at Northwestern and current organizer with the American Federation of Teachers. We talked about ...

NFL Coaching Hires: How Racist Is This League?

14 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to NY Daily News sports writer Charles Modiano about his writing on the NFL's coaching hires over the last month: hires that ha...

Chicago Bill Siegel: The Greatest

18 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 box...

Dark Knight: Bob Knight’s Last Days at Indiana

10 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Heading a Hoops Conference In Era of Big Football

03 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to the commissioner of the West Coast Conference, Gloria Nevarez, the first Latina commissioner of a Division I conference, about t...

Nike & the Modern Neoliberal University

12 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Joshua Hunt, author of the new book University of Nike. He talks to us about the development of the multinational corporation, i...

LA Olympics: Draped in Disgrace

05 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Anne Orchier, an activist with NOlympics LA about the upcoming summer Olympics in the city and the pervasive problems the city o...

Babe Ruth & the Birth of Modern Celebrity

29 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Jane Leavy, author of the new book ‘Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created.’ It’s a unique look at the foundational...

How the NCAA Gaslights America

22 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to economist Andy Schwarz about his Deadspin article “The NCAA Is Gaslighting You.” Schwarz’s piece looks at case in Oakland ...

Edge of Sports NBA Season Preview

16 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we forecast the NBA season with the one and only Michael Lee. Also we have choice words about the University of Maryland and elite football ...

Sports, Rape Culture & Brett Kavanaugh (TW)

08 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Brenda Tracy about her experience with sports and sexual assault as well as her mission to enlist football teams in the fight ag...

The Power of Sports Fans

01 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Brian Hess, director of the Sports Fans Coalition, about sports gambling and how to empower sports fans. We also have ‘Choice...

Live With Author/Activist Kevin Powell

24 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we come to you live from Solid State Books in DC to talk to Kevin Powell about his new book "My Mother. Barack Obama. Donald Trump. And ...

Serena Williams & The Policing Of Anger

17 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Soraya Chemaly, author of the new book “Rage Becomes Her” about Serena Williams, Title IX, and how our society monitors wome...

Colin Kaepernick & The Perils of the Swoosh

10 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak about the new Nike ad campaign centered on Colin Kaepernick. We look at this collision of politics and commerce by speaking to Jim ...

The Predictable Scandals of Urban Meyer

30 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to USA Today sports columnist Dan Wolken about Ohio State Buckeye football coach Urban Meyer and his three game suspension to start...

The Samoan Pipeline To The NFL

06 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Rob Ruck, author of the new book Tropic of Football: the long and perilous journey of Samoans to the NFL. We talk about the hist...

Royce White on Mental Heath [Trigger Warning]

23 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Former - and we hope future - NBA player Royce White speaks about the suicide of one-time teammate Tyler Honeycutt. White also talks about NBA policy ...

Deconstructing Les Bleus

16 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we speak to sports journalist and Burn It All Down podcast cohost Shireen Ahmed about the politics of the French World Cup team. Also I’v...

The World Cup & Remembering John McNamara

02 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Duke University professor and author of The Language of the Game: How to Understand Soccer, Laurent DuBois about the latest in t...

The Politics of the 2018 World Cup

18 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to former US Olympic soccer player and the author of Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics, Jules Boykoff about the poli...

The Hidden Queer History Behind “A League of Their Own”

11 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Britni de la Cretaz, journalist and writer, about her recent piece that went viral titled “”The Hidden Queer History Behind ...

The Greatest ‘What-Ifs’ In Sports History

04 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Mike Pesca from The Gist Podcast about his new book “Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs In Sports History.” This was...

The NFL Anthem Mess: Putting Out a Fire With Kerosene

28 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we have Bijan Bayne, social commentator and author of the book Elgin Baylor: The Man Who Changed Basketball to talk the NFL, the new anthem ...

Can’t Eat A Medal: Black Women Athletes Under Jim Crow

16 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Professor Amira Rose Davis about her research on one of the most hidden aspects of sports history, black women before Title IX. ...

The Singularity of LeBron James

08 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we speak to Yahoo Sports’ national NBA correspondent Michael Lee about what makes LeBron James unique and how he can be stopped (It invol...

Too Much Testosterone? The Discrimination Women Face in International Sports

01 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we speak to anthropologist and ethicist Katrina Karkazis about regulations passed down from the IAAF dealing with testosterone testing of w...

Talking Court Justice & Kaepernick with Michael McCann

25 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Sports Illustrated journalist and attorney Michael McCann about his book written with Ed O’Bannon, Court Justice: The Inside S...

Can a Feminist Revolution Save Women's Soccer in South America?

17 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we speak to Brenda Elsey, co-host of the Burn It Down Podcast, who is currently in Buenos Aires. She is researching and writing about women...

Dr. King's Legacy of Sports & Politics

10 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Professor Louis Moore about his research on Dr. Martin Luther King's connection to world of sports and politics. Also, we ha...

Why Minor League Baseball Needs To Organize

03 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to longtime labor organizer, writer, and former head of TransAfrica Bill Fletcher about why the time is now for minor league baseba...

Royce White: The Truth About the NBA & Mental Health

21 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

NBA All-Stars Kevin Love & Demar DeRozan recently went public with their mental health challenges. Here, former NBA player Royce White speaks abou...

Why Athlete Activists Matter

13 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s pod, we speak to 10 year NBA veteran Etan Thomas about his new book "We Matter: Athletes and Activism,” where he speaks to spor...

The End Of March Madness?

06 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we got a dope show. We talk to sportswriter and friend of the program Patrick Hruby in-depth about the political economy of revenue sports a...

Talking NCAA Scandals & Black Panther

27 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we got a special episode. We go full-length in conversation with  sports broadcaster and former Georgetown basketball captain Monica McNutt...

Andrew Brandt on Kaepernick and the Business of the NFL

20 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we talk all things NFL -- plus a new twist on the Lebron-Jordan debate -- with Andrew Brandt, columnist for The MMQB and The Athletic and t...

Sacred Forests: The Olympics Land on South Korea

13 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we give a preview of the Winter Olympics with Jules Boykoff, co-author of Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics. We also talk ab...

"Fly Eagles Fly": Activist Players Win Super Bowl

07 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we recap the Super Bowl with Melissa Jacobs from The Football Girl and host of The Football Girl Podcast. The Philadelphia Eagles sure didn...

USA Gymnastics & Michigan State: What's Next?

30 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we speak to Jessica Luther, author of Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape, about Michigan State, USA gymnast...

Aaron Maybin: From NFL Athlete to Baltimore Art Teacher

23 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

As Baltimore schools became refrigerators this month, former NFL linebacker turned Art teacher Aaron Maybin went viral with a video detailing their co...

10 Days To Shake The Super Bowl

16 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk to Hani Ali from the Black Visions Collective and Veronica Mendez-Moore from the Centro De Trabajadores Unidos En Lucha, both in the...

Big-Time Sports in the Big Apple

09 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we speak to author Sean Deveney about his new book Fun City, which chronicles New York City in the 1960's -- an era of Broadway Joe Nam...

The Heritage of the Black Athlete

26 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This is a good one. We speak to ESPN the Magazine's Howard Bryant about his forthcoming book "The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America,...

The Washington RedHAWKS Culture Jam

19 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of the podcast, we take a look at a culture jam that occurred earlier this week, targeting the Washington football team and its racist...

Understanding the Split in the NFL Players Movement

12 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we try and understand the splits in the players coalition that has been negotiating with the NFL over the anti-racist protests taking place...

Maya Moore Talks Mass Incarceration

30 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We speak to a WNBA MVP and one of the greatest hoopsters to ever live: Maya Moore. We talk about her recent efforts to raise awareness about prosecuto...

Basketball in the Golden State with Legendary NBA Scribe Jack McCallum

21 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we talk to Hall of Fame NBA journalist Jack McCallum about his new book Golden Days: West's Lakers, Steph's Warriors, and the Calif...

Militarism & Sports

15 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we speak to Rory Fanning, who served in the Army Rangers with former NFL player Pat Tillman. Fanning would later become a member of Veteran...

Judah Friedlander: America is #1

07 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Fresh off his Netflix Special, America Is The Greatest Country in the United States, Judah Friedlander takes a stab at defining American exceptionalis...

#MeToo: Sexual Assault & Sports

01 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We speak to three-time gold medalist and civil rights attorney Nancy Hogshead-Makar about how the #MeToo movement is shaping the world of sports as we...

Three Generations of Athlete Activists

24 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, three generations of activist athletes take the stage at Wake Forest University. It's me your Edge of Sports host Dave Zirin, interview...

Talking Collusion & Mental Health with Royce White

17 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we speak to NBL MVP and former NBA player Royce White about mental health and what collusion looks like, in light of the recent news about ...

NBA & Player Protest: A Collision Course?

10 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk face-to-face with Michael Lee, senior writer at The Vertical for Yahoo! Sports, about the prospect of players protesting during the ...

"U BUM!" Sports, Trump, & Resistance

27 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the explosive weekend of anthem protests with former San Francisco 49er Chris Borland, who famously walked away from the league after his s...

Sports Can Unlearn Toxic Masculinity

19 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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 solidari...

Houston's Field of Schemes

12 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to Neil deMause, co-author of the book Field of Schemes about the toll that publicly funded stadiums has taken on the infrastructur...

Inside New York City's #IStandWithKap Rally

29 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we bring you the to the heart of the several-thousand-strong #IStandWithKap rally held outside NFL Headquarters on Park Avenue, in New York...

Yawkey Way's Name Change & The Art of Pro Wrestling

22 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We speak to ESPN's Howard Bryant, author of Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston about the proposed name change of Yawkey Way at Fenwa...

The Deportation of Teen Soccer Star Lizandro Claros

15 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

One of the best 50 soccer players in the D.C. area was detained and deported by Trump's ICE, but his teammates are fighting back. This week, we sp...

The NFL's Concussion Calamity

01 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we are joined in-studio by Dr. Christian Dotson-Pierson to speak withDr. Chris Nowinski, Co-Founder & CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foun...

Inside Colin Kaepernick's Trip to Africa

25 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we speak to Ameer Loggins, the lecture organizer for Colin Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camps. Loggins traveled with Kaepernick for th...

Viva Baseball: The Latino Pageantry of Miami's 2017 All-Star Game

18 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we speak to the editor-in-chief of La Vida Baseball, Adrian Burgos, about what he saw and experienced during a celebration of Latino baseba...

NBA Free Agency Madness & the Strength of Kaepernick's Silence

04 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We speak to the NBA.com journalist Sekou Smith about the NBA as well as advice to young sports journalists. I also have some choice words about his st...

How an Anti-Racist Lawsuit Empowered the Most Racist Brand in Sports

27 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we talk to the founder of Eradicating Offensive Native Mascotry, Jacqueline Keeler and discuss the recent Supreme Court case that has Washi...

L.A. vs. the Olympics

20 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the Edge of Sports Podcast we speak to journalist Molly Lambert and No Olympics LA organizer Anne Orchier about the forces behind the eff...

Donté Stallworth Explains the World

13 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, on the Edge of Sports Podcast, we talk foreign policy with 10 year NFL veteran Donté Stallworth. Also, I've got some choice words abou...

Frank Deford: The Lost Interview

06 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A never before heard interview with the late Frank Deford from 2013. Topics ranged from personal interactions with legendary athletes such as Muhammad...

Etan Thomas on Kaepernick Protests & A Radical Plan to Change the NCAA

30 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk to ten year NBA veteran and author Etan Thomas about why he attended a protest against the "blackballing" of free agent quar...

How Do NFL Blackballings Work?

23 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to the lead football scout for Bleacher Report, former football scribe at Sports Illustrated, Doug Farrar. We talk about his extens...

Colin Kaepernick Vs. Systemic Oppression

16 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the Edge of Sports Podcast, we give an inside look at the Know Your Rights Camps being hosted by free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick,...

John Angelos on the Orioles and Racist Incident at Fenway

09 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we speak to Baltimore Orioles COO, John Angelos, about his stirring statement against racism after his team's star outfielder, Adam Jon...