This week we speak to Frankie de la Cretaz of the indispensable website “Out of Your League,” which looks at the intersection of sports and gender, about Sophia Cunningham, ugly transphobia, and why the WNBA is tolerating hate rallies at their games.

Also, I have Choice Words about lessons from the life of Howard Zinn

Zirin, Liberals Are Shaming Howard Zinn’s Memory Yet Again

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/howard-zinn-red-scare-american-veterans/

This week on the edge of Sports, the hoops Savant Arya Shirazi joins us to discuss one of the most shocking NBA moves in recent years, LeBron James, choosing to join the Philadelphia 76ers

Zirin, Trump’s Reverse Midas Touch Even Got the World Cup

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-world-cup-final-2026/

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This week we speak to sports journalist and author Leander Schaerlaeckens. He has covered the US Men's National team at four World Cups and is the author of the terrific new book The Long Game U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Savage, Four-Decade Journey to the Top, or Thereabouts.

We also talk to Dr. Vincent Intondi, Executive Director of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, about how their organization is using the World Cup to reach people politically.

Zirin, Trump Is Trying to Rig the World Cup

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-usmnt-belgium-balogun-fifa/

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