Hang Up and Listen - The Fox Sports 1 Isn’t Fox News Edition
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2017
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and guest panelist Jane Coaston discuss the weekend's NCAA tournament storylines and the U.S. women’s hockey team’s boycott. Ben Mathis-Lilley also joins to talk about his Slate article on Jamie Horowitz and Fox Sports 1.
NCAA Tournament (2:51): Analyzing the weekend’s thrilling buzzer-beaters, the value of one-and-done programs, and the endearing imperfections of college basketball games.
U.S. Women’s Hockey (17:26): Breaking down the debate over Team USA’s decision to boycott this week’s IIHF World Championships as part of their fight for equitable treatment and a living wage.
Fox Sports 1 (27:57): Will Jamie Horowitz’s cable network succeed in his mission to revolutionize sports media one hot take at a take? Ben Mathis-Lilley joins the show to talk about his story on Fox Sports 1.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:10.6 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen for the week of March 27th, 2017. |
| 0:17.3 | On this week's show, we'll talk about the final four of South Carolina, North Carolina, Gonzaga, and Oregon, the buzzer beater that got UNC past Kentucky, and the accumulation of texts on Florida Guard, Chris Chios' phone. |
| 0:31.1 | We'll also discuss the U.S. women's hockey teams move to boycott the upcoming world championships as part of a fight for an increase in wages |
| 0:38.1 | and benefits. |
| 0:39.4 | And the U.S. Hockey Federation's failed attempt to get high school players to compete in their |
| 0:44.0 | place. |
| 0:45.0 | And Slate's Ben Mathis Lilley will join us for a conversation about his story on Fox Sports |
| 0:49.1 | One. |
| 0:50.0 | It's home of the likes of Skip Bayliss, Colin Coward, and Jason Whitlock. |
| 0:54.5 | And it's a network that's betting on winning viewers by providing sports fans with every possible opinion and its exact opposite. |
| 1:02.4 | Joining me in Washington, D.C. is Stefan Fatsas, author of the book's Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic and a man who finished tied for first place in Pesca Jeopardy with zero dollars. |
| 1:12.6 | Hello, Stefan. |
| 1:13.2 | Hey, Josh. |
| 1:13.7 | I was very proud of that. |
| 1:15.1 | I did well. |
| 1:16.4 | With us here in our DC studio, also tied for the lead in Pesca Jeopardy with zero dollars. |
| 1:21.9 | It's Jane Koston. |
| 1:23.0 | She's a politics writer with MTV, a graduate of the University of Michigan, and someone |
| 1:27.3 | who inquired |
| 1:27.9 | on Twitter two weeks before Jim Harbaugh was hired as Michigan's football coach, has anyone |
| 1:32.3 | been driven to murder by a college football coaching search, just wondering for a friend? |
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