Hang Up and Listen - The End of the New York Times Sports Department
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🗓️ 11 July 2023
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Josh Levin and Stefan Fatsis are joined by the Washington Post’s Ben Golliver to discuss Victor Wembanyama’s NBA Summer League debut. The Athletic’s C. Trent Rosecrans also joins to talk about baseball stars Elly de la Cruz, Ronald Acuña Jr., and Shohei Ohtani. Finally, legendary New York Times sports columnist Robert Lipsyte comes on to talk about the demise of the Times sports department.
Wembanyama (5:45): What happened with Britney Spears? And what about his iffy debut?
MLB (29:46): A look at the game’s most exciting players.
New York Times (51:06): A Times legend on what comes next for the paper’s sports section.
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| 1:26.7 | Hi, I'm Josh Levina. This is Hang Up and Listen for the week of July 10th, 2023. |
| 1:31.8 | On this week's show, The Washington Post's Ben Golliver will help us |
| 1:35.4 | understand Victor Wimbenyama's NBA Summer League debut, which included an iffy |
| 1:40.9 | opening game and a bizarre altercation involving Britney Spears. The Athletics |
| 1:46.7 | Sea Trent Rose Cran will also join us to discuss the most exciting players in |
| 1:51.4 | baseball. Ellie Dela Cruz of the Reds, Ronald Acunia Jr. of the Braves and |
| 1:56.2 | show Hayotaniah for now the Angels. And the legendary New York Times Sports |
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