Hang Up and Listen - The One-Armed Bandit Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2018
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin talk about the Patriots’ and Eagles’ wins in the NFL’s title games; the New York Times’ Juliet Macur discusses the sex abuse scandal in U.S. gymnastics; and Deadspin’s Dave McKenna helps remember D.C. sports legend Gary Mays.
NFL playoffs (1:41): A conversation about the Patriots’ inevitability, the rise and fall of the Jaguars, the state of being Blake Bortles, and the shocking excellence of Nick Foles.
Larry Nassar (24:40): The New York Times’ Juliet Macur discusses the power of the victim impact statements from Aly Raisman and other gymnasts, and talks about how the sport should reckon with its massive sexual abuse scandal.
Gary Mays (42:52):Deadspin’s Dave McKenna memorializes the one-armed basketball and baseball star, who died last week at the age of 82. McKenna explains how Mays shut down Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor, and how he thrived despite being deprived of opportunities due to segregation.
Afterballs (1:00:21):
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:19.3 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of January 22nd, 2018. |
| 0:26.5 | On this week's show, we'll talk about the New England Patriots' latest comeback to make it to their latest Super Bowl, |
| 0:32.6 | and the Philadelphia Eagles' blowout win over the Minnesota Vikings, getting them back to the title game for the first time since they lost to the Patriots in 2005. |
| 0:41.7 | We'll also be joined by Juliet McCur of the New York Times to discuss the powerful courtroom testimonials from Allie Racemen and others who are abused by gymnastics Dr. Larry Nassar and what the future holds for those at USA Gymnastics and Michigan State |
| 0:55.9 | who helped abet Nassar's crimes. Finally, Deadspins Dave McKenna will be here to memorialize Gary Mays, |
| 1:02.7 | the one-armed Washington, D.C. sports legend who shut down Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor on the |
| 1:08.6 | basketball court. Joining me in Washington, D.C. is Stefan Fatsas, author of the book's Word Freak and a few |
| 1:14.7 | seconds of panic. |
| 1:16.7 | Hello, Stefan. |
| 1:17.9 | Hello, Josh. |
| 1:19.2 | How are you feeling today? |
| 1:20.3 | Great. |
| 1:21.3 | Feeling good. |
| 1:22.1 | Weekend of sports. |
| 1:25.6 | Generic sports comment. |
| 2:00.9 | Was this weekend a particular weekend of sports? No, but when you sort of like the two NFL games back to back, and then I stayed up and watched some tennis while I did some reading for this podcast and took some notes. It feels like a lot of sports in a row. Yeah, it is a lot of sports in a row. Should we talk about sports? Sure. Or do you need a break? No, no, no. After the sports. Might as well at this point. We've put in sunk costs, they say. On Sunday in Foxborough, Mass, the New England Patriots fell behind 14 to 3 and 20 to 10 to the feisty Jacksonville Jaguars. What's the... Tony Romo. Can I get a pronouncer on that? Tony Romo went with Jaguars, which is the fifth pronunciation in Merriam-Webster. So I'm down with Tony on Jaguars. Blake Bortles was going nuclear for the Jaguars in that first half. They're up 14.3. They're up 20 to 10. And then inevitably, |
| 2:19.1 | the Patriots came back. Tom Brady, who was playing with a bandage on his right hand due to a cut |
| 2:24.3 | he suffered in practice during the week. He nearly died. Completed a third and 18 pass to |
| 2:30.5 | Danny Amandola to keep one drive alive. He then threw a touchdown pass to Danny |
| 2:35.0 | Amandola with 844 to go to cut the lead to three. He then threw another touchdown pass |
| 2:40.0 | to Danny Amandola with 248 left to win the game. It's the seventh straight AFC title game |
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