Sports Show: The Legacy of Hank Aaron w/ Robert Greene II

<p>Today, we're continuing our limited run of the new Jacobin Sports Show. If you'd like to keep listening, please subscribe! You can find links to Apple, Spotify, and other podcast apps here: <a href="https://anchor.fm/jacobinsports/" rel="nofollow">https://anchor.fm/jacobinsports/</a></p><p>In this latest episode, Matthew and Jonah discuss the NFL's conference championship games. They're then joined by Dr. Robert Greene II (<a href="https://twitter.com/robgreeneII" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow">@robgreeneII</a>) to discuss the late Hank Aaron's astonishing yet somehow overlooked career, the whitewashing of Aaron as a Black man and icon, and the complexities of his life in and out of baseball. The pod closes with a look back at the death of Kobe Bryant and what his life and passing signify to different people, both in and out of sports.</p><p>Dr. Robert Greene II is a professor of history at Claflin University, lead associate editor of the award-winning Black Perspectives blog and book review editor for the Society of U.S. Intellectual Historians.</p><p>Follow the Jacobin Sports Show on Twitter! <a href="https://twitter.com/JacobinSports" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow">@JacobinSports</a></p><p>Email us: <a href="mailto:jacobinsports@gmail.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">jacobinsports@gmail.com</a></p>