Thursday MidPoint – sports editor Dave Zirin talks about Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for national anthem

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Sports and Political Writer Dave Zirin in NYC April 6, 2015 credit Jen Maler

On today’s program, Dave Zirin, the sports editor of The Nation  and the host of the popular Edge of Sports podcast, was our guest for the first part of the program. He discussed San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s controversial decision not to stand for the national anthem, and the fall out from that.

 

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