The Most Valuable Vegan Edition

Summary: Stefan Fatsis, Jeremy Stahl of <em>Slate</em>, and Howard Bryant of <em>ESPN</em> discuss the rift among NFL players over the league’s plan to donate money to social causes. Then Stefan and Josh Levin talk to Tom Haberstroh of <em>Bleacher Report Magazine </em>about the NBA’s new veganism. And Stefan talks about the forgotten, first black quarterback in New York Giants history, and the perception of black quarterbacks during the civil-rights era, with Louis Moore of Grand Valley State University.<br><br><strong>NFL protests</strong> (2:05): Stefan Fatsis, Jeremy Stahl of <em>Slate</em>, and Howard Bryant of <em>ESPN</em> discuss the rift among players involved in negotiating a deal with NFL management to aid social-justice causes—over where the money is coming from and whether it is mostly aimed at ending more than a year of on-field protests during the national anthem.<br><br><strong>NBA vegans </strong>(21:02): Stefan and Josh talk to Tom Haberstroh of <em>Bleacher Report Magazine </em>about his recent feature on Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving eschewing meat, and whether slimmer NBA players are better NBA players.<br><br><strong>Hank Washington</strong> (36:20): Stefan delivers an extended Afterball about the first black quarterback in New York Giants history, and then talks about the perception of black quarterbacks in the civil-rights era with Louis Moore, an associate professor at Grand Valley State University who studies African-American and sports history.