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Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast Hangup and Listen for the week of May 11th, 2015.

On this week's show, we'll talk about the Wells report on the Patriots underinflated balls

and what sort of air that report is full of. We'll also talk about Bill Simmons's imminent departure

from ESPN, where he should land and what it means for his website, Grantland. Finally, we'll assess

the rise of daily fantasy sports and what it can mean for the future of pro sports and of gambling.

There's a lot on the show about what it could mean, what it means, and what it will mean.

All possible verb tenses of meaning.

My friend, colleague, an occasional freak slash panicker, Stefan Fatsis is off this week,

sitting in for him and joining us from our New York studio, is Slate Writer and Massachusetts's own,

Seth Stevenson, who is at least in my imagination wearing a full Pat patriot get-up complete with

underinflated tr-corner hat.

Hello, Seth.

Hello, Josh.

No comment on wardrobe.

I mean, you were right.

I didn't want to alter your perception there.

I mean, that's exactly what I'm wearing.

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