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Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen for the week of March 21st, 2016.

On today's show, we'll talk about the odd happenings at the NCAA tournament, including Turney favorite Michigan State

losing in the first round to Middle Tennessee State. I totally forgotten about that.

Yeah, that was 18 upsets. Northern Iowa, making a half-court buzzer-beater to win in round one

before blowing a 12-point lead

in just more than 30 seconds to lose in round two. We'll also talk to former Yukon Huskies star

Sue Bird about that school's continued dominance of women's college basketball, as well as her

recent piece about the lack of analytics in the women's game. Finally, Alison Benedict of the Slate podcast,

Mom and Dad are Fighting. We'll be here to talk about Chicago White Sox First Baseman,

Adam LaRoche's decision to retire because the team asked him to cut down on how much time his

son spent in the clubhouse. Joining me in Washington, D.C. is Stefan Fatsis, author of the book's Word Freak and a few

seconds of panic, and a man who has contrived to bring his daughter to many Scrabble tournaments.

Hello, Stefan. Hi. With us in New York is Mike Peska, the host of Slate's daily podcast, The Gist,

with Mike Peska, and Mike's two sons. Hello, Peska family.

Yes, we're all here. And I also want to disclose that I, too, have asked the Chicago White Sox to raise my children.

We're going to have a live show in D.C. coming up on Monday night, April 25th at the Woolly Mammoth Theater. Will your child be there,

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