Hang Up and Listen - The Remember Connie Hawkins Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2017
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by Ben Strauss to discuss why academically rigorous universities like Wesleyan are betting big on football. They also speak with Rick Telander about the life and legacy of hoops legend Connie Hawkins.
Division III football (3:09): Ben Strauss joins to assess the trend of elite schools investing big in sports, and what happens on campus when universities prioritize football.
Connie Hawkins (23:15): Rick Telander, the author of Heaven Is a Playground, explains how Connie Hawkins—who died back in October—became a mythical figure on the New York playground scene, and why he’s a tragic figure.
Afterballs (33:33):
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:18.4 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of December 25th, 2017. Hey, I think it's Christmas. I hear the tinkling of the bells. On this week's show, I'm going to go to a movie and eat some Chinese food, but Stefan will be here. He'll be carrying, carrying me. |
| 0:42.5 | We'll also be joined by Ben Strauss for a conversation about why self-styled elite, |
| 0:48.4 | academically rigorous universities like Wesleyan are betting big on football and how those schools are changing as a consequence. |
| 0:50.8 | We'll also speak with Rick Talander. |
| 0:53.0 | He's now of the Chicago Sun Times. |
| 0:55.2 | He is always the author of the basketball classic Heaven is a playground. |
| 0:59.4 | And we'll speak to him about the life and legacy of New York hoops legend, Connie Hawkins, |
| 1:04.3 | who died earlier this year at the age of 75. |
| 1:07.4 | And finally, if all goes well, we will have some holiday goodies for you all. |
| 1:12.1 | In your stockings. |
| 1:14.1 | Hang them up. |
| 1:15.0 | Hang them up, baby. |
| 1:16.5 | But first, it's Stefan Fatsis. |
| 1:19.3 | He's here in Washington, D.C., with me, author of the book's Word Freak and a few seconds of panic. |
| 1:24.6 | Both excellent stocking stuffers. |
| 1:26.5 | I don't know if you could fit them into a stocking. |
| 1:29.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:29.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:30.7 | But there are big stockings. |
| 1:32.4 | Hi, Stefan. |
| 1:33.2 | Hi, Josh. |
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