Hang Up and Listen - The Shack Atop a Telegraph Pole Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2017
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by the New York Times’ Mark Leibovich to discuss the NFL’s opening weekend, by Racquet’s Caitlin Thompson to assess Sloane Stephens’ U.S. Open win, and by Mike Pesca for a debate about the Red Sox’s sign-stealing.
NFL (1:08): Mark Leibovich describes his experiences in New England and Dallas during pro football’s opening week, and whether owners are getting closer to dumping Commissioner Roger Goodell. Sloane Stephens (18:38): Caitlin Thompson joins to talk about the rise of the young American women at the U.S. Open, and what to make of Sloane Stephens’ surprising triumph.
Red Sox sign-stealing (32:56): Mike Pesca returns to Hang Up to help Josh and Stefan decide whether the Red Sox’s technologically enabled sign-stealing scheme is cheating or gamesmanship.
Afterballs (50:09):
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:10.8 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen for the week of September 11th, 2017. |
| 0:17.6 | On this week's show, we'll be joined by Mark Leibovic at the New York Times to discuss the NFL's opening weekend showcases in New England and Dallas, games starring a pair of players, Tom Brady and Ezekiel Elliott, whose suspensions were botched by Commissioner Roger Goodell. |
| 0:32.8 | Caitlin Thompson of Rackett Magazine and the Main Draw tennis podcast will also be here to talk about the rise of the American women at the U.S. Open, where Sloan Stevens beat Madison Keys in the final. And Mike Peska of the Gist will join us for a round of that's gamesmanship. Red Sox Stealing Signs with an Apple Watch edition. Joining me in Washington, D.C. is Stefan Fatsis, author of the book's Word Freak, and a few seconds of panic. Hello, Stefan. Hey, Josh. Good to have Fasca back. Yeah. Later. I guess we'll see how good it is. Should be good. That's always good. The National Football League regular season has begun. Colin Kaepernick was a DNP |
| 1:13.3 | owner's decision. ESPN did a roundup of players who protested the national anthem, and down |
| 1:19.3 | in Dallas where team owner Jerry Jones and head coach Jason Garrett broke no political dissent. |
| 1:24.8 | The Cowboys stood militarily for the star-spangled banner and then |
| 1:29.3 | were led to victory on Sunday night by a guy who got to play because a federal court granted |
| 1:33.8 | a preliminary injunction against the league for suspending him for allegedly beating his girlfriend. |
| 1:39.3 | New York Times magazine writer Mark Liebeovich spent that game schmoozing with the NFL establishment in Dallas. |
| 1:46.8 | Three days after schmoozing with it in New England during the NFL season opener. |
| 1:52.0 | Mark, thank you for coming into the studio. |
| 1:54.6 | To schmooze with you guys. |
| 1:55.9 | Good to be here, guys. |
| 1:57.1 | You're the author of the mega bestseller, This Town, About Life Here in the Nation's Capital. |
| 2:01.8 | Now you're writing a book that will be a sort of this town about the NFL. |
| 2:05.7 | This league. |
| 2:06.6 | What linked to these two games, as Josh mentioned in the intro to the show, is the NFL's bungling disciplinary procedures. |
| 2:12.8 | First with Tom Brady and Deflategate and now with Ezekiel Elliott and his domestic violence suspension. |
| 2:19.2 | The Patriots lost. |
| 2:20.2 | The Cowboys won. |
| 2:21.8 | How much did Roger Goodell's continued mishandling of discipline cast a shadow over these games? |
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