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The Only Eastern Conference NBA Preview You Need

Arya Shirazi joins us again for our annual NBA preseason predictions.

Obviously, the Knicks Should Not Visit the White House. Why Is This Even a Discussion?

The Knicks shouldn’t let their legacy include genuflecting to Donald Trump, one of the most hated figures in the very city printed on their jersey. New Yorkers deserve better.

The WNBA, Past and Present and Irish Sport for Palestine

Tamryn Spruill joins the show to talk about her new book on the WNBA, and we discuss Palestine and Irish politics with Rebecca O’Keefe.

Irish Goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu’s Refusal to Play Against Israel Puts Him on the Right Side of History

Bazunu’s decision raises the perennial question: Why is a country that is currently committing a genocide allowed to compete in the first place?

Justice for Macklemore

The rapper has been dumped from Ed Sheeran’s tour for saying “free Palestine.” That’s a disgrace.

We Can’t Let the Kaepernick Era Be Erased From History

Critics say the Black Lives Matter movement in sports went too far. In reality, it didn’t go far enough, and the backlash to it has been brutal.

Kaepernick and the Movement He Inspired

I once thought the protests of athletes after George Floyd murder would launch a new era of sports activism. Ten years after Kaepernick first kneeled, I revisit what I wrote.

Enes Kanter Freedom’s Bigoted Stunts Have Nothing to Do With Protecting Women

The trans women in sports panic is nothing but a stalking horse for permitting violence against trans people—and we should celebrate players like Natasha Cloud who say so.

Congressional Candidate Sam Husseini and Talking NBA Over-Unders

Green Party candidate Sam Husseini joins the show and Arya returns.

The Bogus Lakers Sale Is Exactly Why We Need Publicly Owned Sports Teams

These private-equity vampires will just keep strip-mining the things that give us joy if we let them.