A Reckoning for Luis Rubiales

Hang Up and Listen

Slate Podcasts

News, Sports, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh speak to the Athletic’s Dermot Corrigan about the trial of former Spanish women’s soccer chief Luis Rubiales, who was found guilty of sexually assaulting World Cup star Jenni Hermoso. The trial not only condemned the Spanish Football Federation, but also spotlighted a deeper issue of misogyny in Spain. The panel also revisits the 4 Nations Face-Off and the political tensions that boiled over during the hockey tournament. Finally, they discuss the end of the long-standing partnership between ESPN and MLB. On the bonus episode available exclusively for Slate Plus members, the panel ponders what a Stephen A. presidential campaign might look like. Rubiales (2:48): The Spanish soccer boss is found guilty. MAGA vs Canada (27:17): Canada beats back the Americans once again MLB (41:28): ESPN and pro-baseball decide to part ways. (Note: time codes are only accurate for Slate Plus members, who listen ad-free.) Want more Hang Up and Listen? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page, or visit slate.com/hangupplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It is Monday, February 24th, 2025.
0:10.0	Welcome back to Hang Up and Listen, the sports podcast here at Slate.
0:13.0	Back with you again this week.
0:14.1	I am Alex Kershner.
0:15.1	I'm a contributing writer for Slate, and I also co-host the National College Football
0:18.5	podcast Split Zone Duo.
0:20.6	We've got a busy show for you this week.
0:22.2	Along with an excellent guest, Dermott Corrigan of the Athletic,
0:25.2	we will discuss a guilty verdict in the sexual assault trial of Luis Rubiales,
0:29.5	the former head of the Spanish Soccer Federation.
0:32.0	We will do a post-mortem on the Four Nations face-off and its associated geopolitics and hockey,
0:37.5	and we will take stock of the ending of a major sports television relationship,
0:41.2	the one between Major League Baseball and ESPN.
0:43.9	As usual, joining me this week is Lindsay Gibbs,
0:46.0	the publisher of PowerPlays,
0:47.7	a newsletter that covers the biggest stories of the day in women's sports.
0:50.8	Lindsay, I'm told that we had an issue with a podcast chord,
0:56.6	so I think I'm going to hear your voice when you talk. You're with us. Can you hear me now? This sounds like evidence that you found
1:02.5	the court. We found the cord. I'm in Miami. Was it South Beach a little bit yesterday? No worse for
1:09.0	the wear, but here for unarrivaled. So it was
1:11.5	phenomenal to get to watch that three-by-three tournament in place and see Natasha Cloud
1:17.3	hit a game winner on her birthday. And I remembered my microphone. I forgot my cord, but a little
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