Sports Under Fascism & All-Time NBA Injury What-Ifs

March 3, 2025
By: Dave Zirin

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On this episode of Edge of Sports, a talk from 2023 on sports during authoritarianism and Arya on NBA injury what-ifs.

Edge of Sports · “Sports Under Fascism & All-Time NBA Injury What-Ifs”

This week, we have a talk I gave two years ago about the social function of sports in an authoritarian society. It rings more true today, and I wanted to share it with you all. Also, I talked to basketball savant Arya Shirazi about the injuries that changed the course of NBA history.

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