The following podcast contains explicit language.

Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate Sports Podcast Hangup and Listen for the week of August 11th, 2014.

On this week's show, we'll be joined by motorsport.com editor-in-chief, Stephen Cole Smith,

to talk about the tragic death of sprint car driver Kevin Ward Jr.

And whether Tony Stewart should be held responsible.

Grantland's Shane Ryan will also be here to talk about Rory McElroy's victory in the PGA Championship.

And McElroy's emerging status as golf's latest superstar.

Finally, we'll talk about last week's big NCAA news with the New York

Times as Mark Tracy, who will help us assess what's next for college sports and the aftermath

of Division I's Super Conference split and the anti-NCA ruling in the Ed O'Bannon licensing case.

And in our bonus segment for Slate Plus members, we'll talk about Dion Sanders' terrible seeming charter school Prime Prep Academy and whether sports-based schools will ever take off in the USA.

It is very giving of you to use seeming in there.

Allegedly terrible.

Stefan Fats is out today competing in the National Scrabble Championship, as he has wanted to do.

Joining me for today's guest Apalooza is Mike Peska, the host of Slate's Daily podcast, The Gist, with Mike Pesca.

Hello, Mike.

Hi, I'm Mike Peska.

We cannot replace Stefan with just one human.

We went with as many humans as we can muster.

It's the Billy Bean platoon outfield. We traded Cespitus. But, you know, maybe we'll get a little Sam Fold in there. Maybe we'll get a little Johnny Goams. Maybe we'll get a little Mark Tracy at the New York Times.

But a little bit counter to that philosophy, I'm going to say I like one interview on the gist better than two interviews.

Actually, here's what I like. I like when you mix up the format. I like sometimes I like the one,

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