The following podcast contains explicit language.

Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of August 3, 2015.

On this week's show, we'll talk about NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, upholding his own suspension of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and the looming

possibility that a federal judge will decide when Brady next takes the field. We'll also discuss

the New York Mets very strange week with the team going from a laughing stock that made its own

shortstop cry to a first place team and baseball's darlings in the span of a few days.

And finally, we'll talk to four-time Olympic gold medalist Greg Luganis about a new documentary on his life back on board, which premieres on HBO this Tuesday night.

After taunting us with his presence last week, Stefan Fatsis is off in Reno playing Scrabble,

which is such a cliche excuse to get time off from your sports talk radio gig.

After 14 games at the 2015 North American Scrabble Championship,

Stefan is 7 and 7 in Division 2, and his daughter, who you may remember,

for her love of Megan Rapino's goal celebrations, is 9 and 5 in division two and his daughter, who you may remember for her love of

Megan Rapino's goal celebrations, is nine and five in division three. You can follow the progress

of the Fatsis family at Scrabble Players.org. They're halfway to the Manson family because

Skelter is legal in Scrabble, but Helter is not. Joining me from New York is a member of the famed Pesca family,

whose motto is Mets Jets Isles.

It's Mike Peska, the host of Slate's daily podcast, The Gist with Mike Peska.

Hello, Mike.

Hello, I would just have you know that Stefan once played a bee in Reno just to make lead bleed.

Best I could do, I don't notice.

If you come up with anything else, just in a random point during the show, let's pipe up.

The third man in the ring today, you may know him as the host of the Slate Culture Gab Fest.

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