The following podcast contains explicit language.

Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast hanging with

and listen for the week of November 30th, 2015.

On this week's show, we'll discuss the end of the line for Kobe Bryant and Peyton

Manning and whether it's possible for a great athlete to end his career with

dignity. We'll also talk about LSU's decision to keep Les Miles as its football coach, and

George's move to fire its coach, Mark Richt. Ann O'Anouncer Ion Eagle will also join us to explain

how he prepares for a sports broadcast. Joining me in Washington, D.C. is Stefan Fatsis, author of

the book's Word Freak and a few seconds of panic. Hello, Stefan. Hi, Josh. With us from New York,

it's Mike Peska, the host of Slate's Daily Podcast, The Gist, with Mike Peska. Hi, Mike. Hi, Josh. We're all going under. We're very unsportsy.

Josh, how you doing? Coming at you.

250 megawatts of shit.

Mike Peska is in a very strange mood today. Slap happy. We're going to go with it.

We're going to start off. We're going to see where Mike Peska's brain takes us in the whimsy category. Did you notice any whimsy in the NFL on Sunday? I did. It's an Iron Eagle related whimsy. During their game, Dan Fouts, who he was doing the game with made a reference. They showed a clip of an old player and there was some hair out of

the back of his helmet and he said, little lettuce showing a little lettuce. And Ion Eagle immediately

jumped in and asked Dan Fouts if he has a lacrosse background because that's a lacrosse

phrase apparently. Fouts just played it off. My theory being that Fouts predates lacrosse, even though the Native Americans brought it to Canada, but it did not go to the Pacific Northwest where Dan Fouts was busy growing what he calls the front lettuce or the manly, manly, mountain beard.

Dan Fouts emerged fully formed from Zeus's skull.

With beard. Yeah, yeah. Um, Stefan, you watched

the Grey Cup, which we're going to bracket this. I watched 90 seconds of the Grey Cup.

You watch the Grey Cup. We're going to bracket this because Canadian football is all whimsy.

Right. And so when you're, when you're all whimsical. You're really no whimsy at all.

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