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Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's national editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of July 13th, 2020.

On this week's show, we'll discuss college football conferences scaling back their seasons,

major league soccer postponing and canceling games, and other sports that are in, shall we say,

the bargaining phase of dealing with the pandemic.

We'll also look at the case of Bruce Maxwell, the black baseball player who kneeled during the national anthem,

and is now out of the major leagues.

And then, finally, we'll talk to Denver Nuggets Guard, Troy Daniels, who made news last week by sharing a photo of his first meal inside the NBA's quarantine bubble.

I am still, so far as I can tell, here in Washington, D.C. I'm the author of The Queen and the host of Slow Burn Season 4.

Joining me as Stefan Fatsas, author of the book's Word Freak, and a few seconds of panic,

not yet famous for sharing photos of food.

But could happen.

Could.

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