Hang Up and Listen - Did the Supreme Court Just Kill the NCAA?

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🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss NBA injuries, Kevin Durant’s heroics, and Ben Simmons’ struggles. Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern also joins to assess the Supreme Court’s decision in NCAA v. Alston. Finally, David Epstein talks about distance runner Shelby Houlihan, who claims her positive drug test came from eating a burrito.

NBA (3:14): What does the data say about NBA injuries? And what happened to the Nets and Sixers?

Alston v. NCAA (24:13): Does this week’s unanimous ruling put the college sports business model in peril?

Houlihan (46:50): The case against the American track star, and why she might be telling the truth.

Afterball (66:33): Stefan on the on-field death of NFL player Chuck Hughes.

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0:00.0	The following podcast includes explicit language. In other words, might get a little blue in here.
0:05.5	Hope you can handle it.
0:11.0	Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's national editor, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of June 21st, 2021.
0:18.0	On this week's show, we're going to talk about whether the NBA is to blame for all the
0:21.9	injuries in this year's playoffs, and we'll look at what happened with Kevin Durant and Ben Simmons.
0:28.7	Slate's Mark Joseph Stern will also join us to assess the Supreme Court's decision in NCAA versus
0:34.9	Alston, a unanimous ruling against the college sports business model.
0:40.6	An author David Epstein will be here to assess the strange case of Shelby Hulahan,
0:45.4	the American distance runner who claimed she tested positive for a steroid because of a burrito.
0:51.7	I'm in Washington, D.C. I'm the author of The Queen,
0:54.5	the host of Slow Burn,
0:55.3	season four. Also in D.C., Stefan Fatsis, author of the book's Word Freak in a few seconds of panic. Hello, Stefan. Hey, Josh. And with us from Palo Alto, Slate staff writer, host of Slow Burn, season three, and the upcoming season six. It's Joel Anderson.
1:11.4	Hey, Joel.
1:11.9	What's up, man?
1:12.9	I need to check and see if Sign Your C LoBurn, Season 3 and the upcoming season 6. It's Joel Anderson. Hey, Joel.
1:11.9	What's up, man?
1:12.9	I need to check and see if Signor Sisi, my favorite burrito place here is put a little nandrolone in my burritos, man.
1:20.5	You can ask for an extra dose.
1:22.3	Yeah, right.
1:23.0	Yeah, I've been feeling pretty good working out.
1:25.2	You know what I'm saying?
1:25.9	That's what it is.
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