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Hang Up and Listen

Joel Meyer

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2017

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by Andrew Brandt to discuss the allegations against Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson; by Chris Nowinski to talk about the NFL concussion protocol; and by Deadspin to assess the rise of fake sports news.

Jerry Richardson (1:41): Former Green Bay Packers vice president Andrew Brandt discusses the allegations that the Carolina Panthers owner engaged in inappropriate workplace behavior, and Richardson’s announcement that he’s going to put the team up for sale.

NFL concussion protocol (22:04): Chris Nowinski of the Concussion Legacy Foundation joins for a conversation about the recent spate of high-profile head injuries in pro football, and how to get fans and players and teams and the league to care about the dangers of big hits.

Fake sports news (39:41): Deadspin’s David Roth talks about fake sports news stories populating websites like viralusa.org, as well as the online hoax that had some people convinced that the Washington football team had changed its name to the Redhawks.

Afterballs (58:52):

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:12.0	Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, hang up and listen for the week of December 18th, 2017.
0:18.6	On this week's show, we'll be joined by former Green Bay Packers Vice President
0:22.1	Andrew Brandt. We'll discuss the allegations that Carolina Panthers owner, Jerry Richardson,
0:27.8	engaged in inappropriate workplace behavior, and Richardson's announcement that he's going
0:32.3	to put his NFL team up for sale. We'll also speak with Chris Nguyensky of the Congestion Legacy Foundation
0:39.2	about the recent spade of high-profile head injuries in pro football and how to get fans and
0:44.2	players and teams in the league to care about the dangers of big hits. Finally, Deadspins David
0:50.0	Roth will be here to discuss the NFL team that's declaring bankruptcy on account of kneeling thugs and other fake sports news stories,
0:58.2	populating websites like viral USA.org. He'll also assess a different kind of fake news story, one that had at least some people convinced that the Washington football team had changed its name to the Redhawks.
1:11.4	Joining me in Washington, D.C. is Stefan Fatsis, author of the book's Word Freak and a few seconds of panic.
1:16.6	Hello, Stefan.
1:17.3	Hey, Josh.
1:18.5	We are still looking for an intern, if I may.
1:24.8	Hang up at slate.com.
1:25.9	If you're interested, send us an email.
1:28.3	We're looking for somebody starting in January who can do work in D.C. on Mondays, come into the office and do some
1:34.1	research over the weekend. If that might be you, email us at hangup at slate.com.
1:41.2	On Sunday, Sports Illustrated's John Wertheim and Viv Bernstein published a piece, revealing that at least four employees of the Carolina Panthers have received, quote, significant settlements from owner Jerry Richardson or from the franchise itself.
1:57.0	Per Sports Illustrated, those settlements, which have come with non-disclosure agreements
2:02.3	attached, have stemmed from inappropriate workplace comments and conduct by the 81-year-old
2:08.4	Richardson, including sexually suggestive language and behavior, and on at least one occasion
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