Doinks and Domination

Hang Up and Listen

Slate Podcasts

News, Sports, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

From the Steelers' predictable collapse to the Commanders’ doink-fueled victory in Tampa, hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs get into the NFL’s Wild Card weekend. They also talk about college football and the looming Ohio State-Notre Dame championship. Plus the arrival of the all-new, indoor, digital Tomorrow’s Golf League. On the bonus episode available exclusively for Slate Plus members, the hosts talk about the Cleveland Cavaliers’ historic winning pace. NFL Wild Cards (2:13): Washington squeaks by and Pittsburgh slumps out. CFB playoffs (23:19): Can Notre Dame topple Ohio State? TGL: (39:25): The new Tiger-backed indoor golf simulation league. (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, January 13th, 2025. Welcome back to Hang Up and Listen. This is Slate Sports
0:20.0	podcast. And back with you again, I am
0:21.9	Alex Kirsner. I'm a contributing writer for Slate and I co-host the college football podcast
0:26.0	Split Zone Duo. My panel and I have tons to go over on this fine Monday morning for you.
0:31.9	The playoffs in not just the NFL, but college football too. If you like playoff football,
0:36.1	wow, is this the time and the place for
0:37.8	you? Also, the debut of a new golf league, trying something that hasn't exactly been tried before,
0:44.3	though in a different sense has been tried for hundreds of years. As usual, joining me this week is
0:49.6	Lindsay Gibbs, the publisher of PowerPlays, a newsletter that covers the biggest stories of the day in
0:54.7	women's athletics. Lindsay, how are you? We had a little snow here in North Carolina. The
1:00.2	Australian Open is on. Playoff football. I'm doing great. I'm doing great. I'm delighted to hear it.
1:06.6	And Ben Lindberg, you are here as well. You are senior editor for The Ringer. You co-host the effectively wild baseball podcast, and you, of course, join us here on Hangup
1:14.9	and listen.
1:15.5	How goes?
1:16.4	Goes well.
1:17.0	That is all accurate.
1:18.3	And last week we talked about how hopeless Manchester United was.
1:22.1	They then knocked Arsenal out of the FA Cup.
1:24.9	We also talked about the lack of recent warm weather winter classics in the NHL shortly before it was announced that the Winter Classic and Stadium Series games will be in Florida next year.
1:35.6	So which trends will we reverse this week?
1:38.7	You're welcome.
1:39.7	You're welcome.
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