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Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate Sports Podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of April 28th, 2014.

On this week's show, we'll discuss the audio recording that allegedly features L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling, spouting vile, racist blather, and what the NBA

and the Clippers players should do about the owner's bigotry. We'll also assess the 10-game

suspension that Major League Baseball handed down to Yankees pitcher Michael Paneda for slathering

pine tar on his neck. Finally, we'll be joined by Deadspins Tim Marchman to talk about the latest victory for UFC light heavyweight champ John Jones and whether he's an athlete we should all get behind.

I'm joined in Washington, D.C. by Stephen Fatsis, author of the book's Word Freak in a few seconds of panic.

And the Friday sports

correspondent friend Piers All Things Considered, Fresh off a successful school Scrabble

championship, looking like no tile bags under his eyes.

Fresh is a word longer than Daisy, higher scoring word.

Fresh is a chrysanthemum. How are you, Stefan?

I'm riding high, Josh, proud of all of my Washington, D.C.

based school scrabblers, but especially the daughter, the sixth grade daughter, finished third

in the NSSC National School Scrabble Championship out of 69 teams took home. She and her partner,

Caleb, Chloe and Caleb took home $2,000 for their efforts. And they just fell short, or they

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