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In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast, for another edition of the new weekly segment “The Red Spin Report.” They discuss why so many NCAA athletes and coaches think college sports should be put on hold until the pandemic abates, the strange saga of speed-skater-turned-Capitol-rioter John Sullivan, and why right-wing media has become so fixated on him.

Recorded and aired on Friday, January 15th, 2021 in Washington D.C.

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In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast, for another look at the fascist insurrection which stormed the Capitol building Wednesday. They discuss what Nate & Max Blumenthal of The Grayzone encountered in conversations with rioters & observed as the events played out. Importantly, they also critically analyze the psychology and ideology behind the rioters who invaded the attempt by Congress to certify Joe Biden's election.

Recorded and aired on Friday, January 8th, 2021 in Washington D.C.

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Nate Wallace, creator and co-host of the podcast Redspin Sports, joins "Political Misfits" to discuss everything we ought to know about paying college athletes, protesting at the Olympics and elsewhere, and the pandemic's impact on youth sports & mental health -particularly the struggles facing US society's most vulnerable students.

"Political Misfits" co-host Michelle Witte hosted Nate on Radio Sputnik's Washington, DC based radio program & podcast "Political Misfits" on Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020.

Michelle & Nate discuss the US Olympic Committee's (USPOC) continued repression of free speech and political expression rights of US athletes in the wake of US Track & Field star hammer thrower, Gwen Berry's plight, after she raised the same black power solidarity fist as 1968 Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos, and like them is facing similar backlash now more than 50 years later.

They also discuss the Supreme Court's upcoming ruling on the question of NCAA "student-athletes" (aka unpaid athletic laborers) right to profit off of their own Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL), and why despite NIL being long overdue, it still leaves the issue of direct compensation for athletic labor off the table.

Other topics discussed include the dubious Cold War legacy that contextualizes the "patriotism" police's punishment of Gwen Berry, and so many other US Olympians and US athletes across the board. Gender's role in how the public reacts to athletes expressing political dissent is explored in light of Berry's experience, and why the heroic activism of WNBA players offers hope for a more equitable future.

Checkout this article to learn more about Gwen Berry's plight and the circumstances that precipitated it.

https://sports.yahoo.com/gwen-berry-olympics-usoc-racism-protest-072143215.html

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On this week's Redspin Report Nate joins Sean & Jacquie to breakdown Obama & Bakari Sellers' continued gaslighting of the left after Obama appeared on The Ringer's Bill Simmons Podcast (often co-hosted now by Bakari Sellers).

Checkout this 2014 CNN video interview of Bakari Sellers while he was running to become South Carolina's Lt. Governor for greater context into how committed he is to helping the Democratic Party remain a center-right party that's pro banks and Wall Street.

https://www.cnn.com/2014/09/11/politi...

The issue of Major League Baseball's long overdue recognition of Negro League records as official major league records is analyzed too, along with the NFL's latest use of sentimentality to conceal the reality of the league's 32 owners being some of the most reactionary monsters wielding power in this neoliberal hellscape USA they've helped create.

Recorded and aired on Friday, December 18th, 2020 in Washington D.C.

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Nate recorded a few hot takes over the snow flakes on the right losing their minds over another major domino to fall in "the pantheon" of Native American Mascotry in U.S. Sports, Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians. The connection between the outrage over "the loss" of the Indians nickname all over right-wing Twitter & YouTube is explored in the context of the unresolved legacies of settler colonialism and slavery in the United States. He also dishes on the absurdity that is Power 5 college football coaches being bought out (the latest being Auburn's Gus Malzahn to the tune of $21 million) in the midst of a raging pandemic that's yet again on the rise, and a few other related points.

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Recorded and published on Sunday, December 13th, 2020.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast, for another edition of our weekly segment “The Red Spin Report.” They discuss the New York Times reporting that almost 7,000 student athletes have been diagnosed with COVID-19 as much of the NCAA plows ahead with college sports seasons, why the real number of coronavirus victims is likely much higher, and why Liberty University football coach Hugh Freeze's recent diagnosis comes as no surprise.

Don't forget this is the same Hugh Freeze, whose highly successful run as head coach at Ole Miss came to an ignominious ending following the 2016 season in no small part due to his practice of contracting with escort services on his university issued cell phone while on recruiting trips. You can read more about how things unraveled for Freeze at Ole Miss in the article below.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2722890-hugh-freeze-reportedly-in-jeopardy-of-being-fired-by-ole-miss

Recorded and aired on Friday, December 11th, 2020 in Washington D.C.

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Abdul Malik aka @SocialistRaptor (a dope Twitter handle & a great follow btw) joins Redspin Sports' founder Nathaniel (or Nate -it's whatever) Wallace @NateWallace9, to riff on everything from similarities and differences in sporting culture in the U.S. and Canada, his work as a labor/environmental/indigenous rights activist in "oil country" of Edmonton, Alberta (aka "Canada's Texas"), lots of hoops, football (and the differences in the U.S. and Canadian versions of the game) hockey, and of course the central role of sport in the broader labor struggle against neoliberalism's hegemony (albeit with growing cracks in the armor) across North America. We hit on a lot, but expect a Part II because there's much more I regret not getting to this time around.

Along with his political and environmental activism, Abdul Malik, is currently new media producer for the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE). Abdul's a native of Toronto, Ontario who moved to what is in many ways Canada's "wild west" (to make an historical U.S, pop cultural reference) of Edmonton, Alberta. Unfortunately, "wild west" allusion is still an apt one given the predominance of far-right conservative politics in Canada's Alberta Province. Hence why the power of oil and identity's seemingly inseparable marriage is another topic we definitely hit on in the pod.

He is an often published writer and investigative journalist whose work is often featured in Jacobin, Canadian Dimension, and many other progressive media platforms and publications.

Checkout a couple recent pieces Abdul's had published just this past week.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/12/luxury-sneaker-markets-capitalist-nikes-resale

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/from-winnipeg-to-tokyo-sports-capitalism-and-the-surveillance-state

This CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) article on the Edmonton-based Hate Free YEG, the radical anti-racist/indigenous rights organization he co-founded, and the Edmonton rally they organized against racism in the city. Abdul is quoted extensively in the article, as are quotes from the far-right Soldiers of Odin (yeah, that Odin from Norse Mythology) white supremacists who counter-protested Hate Free YEG's action.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/hate-free-yeg-pep-rally-1.4976412

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This episode was recorded on Friday, December 11th, 2020.

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Mike and Nate reunite to riff on the most pertinent events affecting the world of sports, politics, economics, social issues and more in the context of the insane landscape that is this Covid-19, Neoliberal Hellscape USA.

Here are just a few of the issues we analyze, discuss, and even try to have a little fun with -at least as much as it's possible to do so in this time of Covid's resurgence and political cowardice in Washington, DC and state capitals across the U.S.

We dive into include the bleak economic outlooks facing college athletic departments, MLB scouts and non-player personnel, and many other athletic organizations coming out of this pandemic.

We also look at the example of Utah congressman elect and former Miami Hurricanes and NFL star, Burgess Owens, being elected as the next star black athlete turned right-wing politician for the GOP. The issue of college football coronavirus cancellations being framed by coaches and commentators as "using Covid as an excuse" to "not man up and play ball" is analyzed and explored from all angles. The exodus of Miami, Florida area natives from the Nebraska Cornhuskers' football program is analyzed in light of pandemic college football conditions and what they say about the future of CFB players awakening to the variety of ways in which their bodies and labor are exploited.

Western corporate media's awful eulogies following the passing of soccer superstar, international icon and people's champ, Diego Maradona, are analyzed in the context of the class bias and total hypocrisy they reveal.

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This episode was recorded on December 5th, 2020.

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In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of Red Spin Sports podcast, for another edition of our new weekly segment “The Red Spin Report." They discuss the portrayals of college football teams which cancel games over coronavirus concerns as weak, the life and politics of the late sports icon Diego Maradona, and why many mainstream media voices seemingly seek to disparage his legacy now.

Recorded and aired on Friday, December 4th, 2020 in Washington D.C.

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Bryan Weaver, founder and executive director of Hoops Sagrado, and Nate Wallace, creator and co-host of the podcast Redspin Sports, joined Political Misfits to discuss Covid forfeits and labor rights in the NFL, the way sports are coopted to carry jingoistic and nationalistic messages, and the importance of these ephemeral means of human expression.

Recorded and aired live on Radio Sputnik in Washington D.C. on Wednesday: December 2, 2020.

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Note: in case you can't tell lol, this is an ironic thumbnail of the NFL's 2020 summed up in this poster promoting -bitter rivals- Baltimore & Pittsburgh's unprecedented Hump Day afternoon kickoff -rather than its scheduled Thanksgiving NBC primetime slot.

Quick Commentary: the best critique of the NFL pressing ahead in spite of the pandemic is the injustice of rapid Covid-19 testing's -extraordinarily inconsistent- availability to the public, while the NFL is using up a staggering amount of available resources just to enable the games to go on. It's really a perfect illustration of the ever proliferating wealth gap in the U.S., and the worsening economic and social fragmentation that ensues as a direct result of neoliberal bipartisan consensus.

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