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Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen for the week of December 28th, 2015.

On our final show of the year, we're going to do a little time traveling. First, we're going into the future because we're recording this on

December 22nd, not December 28th, so we can take New Year's week off for a period of silent

reflection. But more materially, we're going to be traveling back to a time long, long ago,

bringing you three segments from the distant past.

First, Mike Pesco will take us to Super Bowl 1, and we'll assess whether pro football's championship game will become something bigger and better than it was in 1967.

Then Stefan will lead a conversation about the recording just unearthed of basketball

inventor James Naismith, and we'll be joined for

that discussion by University of Kansas professor Michael Zagreye and Sports Illustrated writer

Alexander Wolfe. Finally, I will talk about the greatest boxing match that never happened,

a championship fight between Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano.

Joining me in Washington, D.C. is Stefan Fatsas, author of the book's Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic.

Hello from the Future, Stefan.

Hi, Josh. It's good to be in the future.

How's the weather?

Excellent.

The weather in the future is perfect.

Wow, we really solved all this problems. In spite of climate change, the weather in the future is perfect. Wow, we really solved all these problems. In spite of climate change, the weather in the future is perfect. The fire inside? Delightful. With us from New York is Mike Pesca, the host of Slate's Daily podcast, The Gist with Mike Pesca. Hey, Mike. Hi, and we're with Mike Pesca. How are you guys? Should we do some whimsy watch from the future? Yeah. What did you notice? O'Dell Beckham, Jr., he had a drone flying over the stadium, dropped down onto Josh Norman's head. Which is weird since they weren't even playing each other, yeah. Well, but he went to the Panthers game. That was the crazy thing. He's barred from the Giants. Yeah. Not for the Panthers. Went to the Panthers game. I admired his crazy Kwanza shoes. I thought that was a pretty cool touch. His pre-game Kwanza Kleeze. Yeah, pre-game Kwanza. But really, who could have saw the Giants losing on a last second drive?

That was the crazy thing. His pregame quanzacletes. Yeah, pregame quons. But really, who could have saw the Giants losing on a last second drive?

That was the crazy thing.

Okay, it is now time to begin our history show.

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