Hang Up and Listen - Tennis Reckons with Doping
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs discuss Iga Swiatek’s and Janik Sinner's doping allegations and the huge implications for international tennis. They also get into this past weekend’s college football chaos and Saquon Barkley and Derek Henry’s running back revival. For Afterballs, Lindsay Gibbs examines the tragic passing of Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. after a recent head injury. On the bonus episode, available exclusively for Slate Plus members, the hosts talk about Bluesky and whether big sports media will eventually pivot to the new platform.
Tennis and doping (2:37): Do Swiatek and Sinner deserve suspensions?
College football chaos (25:50): Flag planting and the mess in the Mid-West
Are runningbacks back? (46:57): How long can Barkely and Henry prop up their position?
Afterballs (1:03:38): Lindsay on Medrick Burnett Jr’s head injury and death.
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| 0:49.8 | Thank you. It is Monday, December the 2nd, 2024. Welcome back to Hang Up and Listen, Slate Sports |
| 1:10.2 | Podcast. Back with you again, I'm Alex Kirshner. I'm a contributing writer for Slate, and I'm the co-host of the next, 2004. Welcome back to Hang Up and Listen, Slate Sports Podcast. Back with you again. I'm |
| 1:11.4 | Alex Kirsner. I'm a contributing writer for Slate, and I'm the co-host of the National College |
| 1:15.5 | Football Podcast Split Zone Duo. This week, I've got my typical great panel with me. We will talk |
| 1:20.5 | about yet another doping story involving one of the best tennis players in the world, the chaotic race |
| 1:25.5 | to the first ever 12-team college football playoff, |
| 1:28.0 | and a critical question in the NFL. |
| 1:29.9 | Is the classic featured running back as the focal point of the offense back? |
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