Hang Up and Listen - The 111-1 Edition
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🗓️ 3 April 2017
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and special guest Joel Anderson are joined by the Washington Post’s Sally Jenkins to talk about UConn’s loss in the women’s NCAA tournament. They also discuss the men’s Final Four, the Las Vegas Raiders, and NBA hook-up culture.
Women’s Final Four: Sally Jenkins joins to explain how Mississippi State broke UConn’s 111-game winning streak, Bulldogs coach Vic Schaefer’s decision to bench Morgan William in the title game, South Carolina’s title game win, and Geno Auriemma’s comments on women in coaching.
Men’s Final Four: Breaking down Oregon player Jordan Bell’s self-flagellation after his team’s defeat and the North Carolina-Gonzaga championship matchup.
The Las Vegas Raiders: Why the Raiders fit in Vegas, what a new stadium means to the city’s taxpayers, and what the move says about the NFL’s gambling policies.
Tinder and the NBA: Weighing in on ESPN the Magazine’s story on how dating apps may affect teams’ performance on the road.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:11.3 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast tying up and listen for the week of April 3rd, 2017. |
| 0:17.9 | On this week's show, Sally Jenkins of The Washington Post will join us to talk about the |
| 0:21.9 | women's final four, wherein Mississippi State snapped Yukon's 111 game winning streak and then went on to lose to South Carolina in the national title game. |
| 0:31.9 | We'll also discuss Gonzaga and North Carolina's wins at the men's final four, as well as Oregon forward Jordan Bell's postgame self-flagellation, in which he insisted the Ducks one point lost to UNC was all his fault. |
| 0:45.4 | Finally, we'll assess the Raiders move to Las Vegas and a couple other stories and a hang-up lightning round. |
| 0:51.8 | Joining me in Washington, D.C. is Stefan Fatsis, author of the book's Word Freak, and a few seconds of panic. |
| 0:58.1 | Hello, hello, Josh. |
| 1:00.6 | With us from a hotel room in Atlanta, which he presumably booked, to guarantee he would |
| 1:05.9 | have access to a high-quality podcasting robe. |
| 1:09.1 | It is our honored guest for the day, Joel Anderson of BuzzFeed News. Hey, Joel. |
| 1:14.2 | Hey, Jeffin. Pleasure to be on here. We're very happy to have you and just glad that you're comfortable. |
| 1:20.6 | Oh, yeah. It's a Hyatt Place. It's in Buckhead. I'm doing pretty well, I'd say. But I do have to |
| 1:27.0 | check out at 1 o'clock. |
| 1:29.9 | All right. We'll talk really fast. We'll allow you ample time to pack. We've got the |
| 1:39.2 | hang up and listen survey still going on. We're going to keep that open for another week. |
| 1:43.6 | If you have thoughts on |
| 1:44.6 | what we're doing on the show and what you'd like to hear, who you'd like to hear, go to slate.com |
| 1:50.5 | slash survey. In our bonus segment for Slate Plus members, we're going to talk about a subject |
| 1:58.0 | that is near and dear to Joel's heart. Maybe the subject. Maybe Joel's |
| 2:02.6 | favorite subject in all the world. Mr. Lavaar Ball, provocateur, basketball dad. |
| 2:09.5 | Oh my God. Hang up and listen, guest. Join Slate Plus to hear about Lovar Ball and other |
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