host: back to the chapters of your book, who is jane mcmanus and what did you ask jane mcmanus to write about? guest: this is the chapter that is not like the others. the myth is keep your politics out of my sports. the underlying assumption is people are frustrated when they turn on the tv and an athlete is making a political statement or making their stance heard. you remember colin cap reinecke kneeling at the national anthem. sports and politics have always been connected, not only because athletes are some of the most revered people in the united states who have a genuine platform and should be able to use it like we expected anyone else, but also sports conversations proceed political conversations. when we think about the black athletes raising their fists in the games against hitler's, these conversations can foster a faster way to process a lot of the things we are struggling with culturally and given the amount of love and support we give our sports figures, going back to the days of roman emperors, sports and politics have always been intermingled. you do not have to shove it

host: back to the chapters of your book, who is jane mcmanus and what did you ask jane mcmanus to writeest: this is the chapter that is not like the others. the myth is keep your politics out of my sports. the underlying assumption is people are frustrated when they turn on the tv and an athlete is making a political statement or making their stance heard. you remember colin cap reinecke kneeling at the national anthem. sports and politics have always been connected, not only because athletes are some of the most revered people in the united states who have a genuine platform and should be able to use it like we expected anyone else, but also sports conversations proceed political conversations. when we think about the black athletes raising their fists in the games against hitler's, these conversations can foster a faster way to process a lot of the things we are struggling with culturally and given the amount of love and support we give our sports figures, going back to the days of roman emperors, sports and politics have always been intermingled. you do not have to shove it down your