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Hang Up and Listen - The Hate, Hope, and Hockey Edition

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4.22K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2015

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca talk about the NCAA tournament and ESPN’s I Hate Christian Laettner. They also discuss all the player movement during NFL free agency, and Bruce Arthur joins to assess the imploding Toronto Maple Leafs.Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/hangupplus. Show notes at www.slate.com/hangup. 


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0:00.0

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:08.0

Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate Sports Podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of March 16th, 2015.

0:14.0

On this week's show, we'll talk about where everyone landed on NCAA Selection Sunday,

0:18.7

as well as the ESPN documentary on college basketball's greatest

0:22.0

villain ever, Christian Leitner. We'll also discuss the ludicrous amount of player movement

0:27.4

during the NFL's free agency period. And Bruce Arthur will join us to assess the NHL's Toronto

0:33.2

Maple Leafs, who've had more real and fake controversies this year than most hockey teams have in two years, or maybe a larger number than two.

0:42.4

Just insert, and a number that sounds impressive.

0:45.3

We'll move along.

0:46.3

In our bonus segment for Slate Plus members, Mike Peska, will instruct you on how to fill out your NCAA bracket and will hopefully not insult America's

0:55.0

team, the North Florida Ospreys. Joining me in Washington, D.C., Stefan Fatsis, the author of

1:02.5

the book's Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic, and a man who knows that Ospreys, plural,

1:09.7

is a bingo. How are you, Stefan? I hope they have a high seed

1:13.9

the Ospreys because, you know, they have nests that are high up. Those are high... Jokes,

1:19.4

always funnier when you explain them. Explain them, yeah. With us from New York, it's Mike Peska,

1:23.7

host of this late daily podcast, The Gist, with Mike Peska. How are you, Mike?

1:28.3

I hope Gonzaga doesn't have a straight path to the final four because the zag.

1:33.3

Because they blank.

1:37.3

You may already know that Slate Plus members get bonus segments and add free versions of our biggest podcast.

1:45.4

But did you know that members also get interviews with your favorite slate writers?

1:50.9

They get Osprey talk.

1:53.2

Hot Osprey talk.

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