Hang Up and Listen - The Struggle Makes It Worth It Edition
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2016
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca discuss the Cavs’ Game 7 win over the Warriors. Scott Raab also joins to describe the joy of the Cleveland sports fan, and Sports Illustrated’s Michael Bamberger explains the golf rules kerfuffle at the U.S. Open.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:09.0 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate Sports Podcasts, Hang Up and Listen for the week of June 20th, 2016. |
| 0:14.8 | On today's show, we're going to talk amongst ourselves about the Cleveland Cavaliers' stunning NBA finals victory over the Golden State Warriors. |
| 0:22.6 | And then we'll be joined by Scott Rab, the author of The Hore of Akron, who'll explain to us how it felt to be in Cleveland when the city's 52-year sports championship drought came to an end. |
| 0:36.8 | Finally, Sports Illustrated's Michael Bamberger will be here |
| 0:39.8 | to explain the foolishness at Golf's U.S. Open, where Dustin Johnson won his first major, |
| 0:45.6 | despite a rules controversy that was absurd and nitpicky, even by the standards of professional |
| 0:51.9 | golf. Joining me in Washington, D.C. is Stefan Fatsis, the author of the book's Word Freak and a few seconds of panic. Hello, Stefan. Hello, Josh. And with us from New York is Mike Peska, the host of Slates Daily podcast, The Gist. Hello, Mike. Do you have a golf voice, Mike? Can you do a golf voice? Is that in your range? |
| 1:11.7 | Sure. |
| 1:12.5 | You ready? |
| 1:13.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:16.2 | That was good. |
| 1:17.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:17.7 | It's good. |
| 1:18.8 | It's so good. |
| 1:19.2 | Okay. |
| 1:19.7 | No, I'll go. |
| 1:20.0 | You ready? |
| 1:20.3 | You ready? You ready? |
| 1:21.2 | As Davis Love, the fourth, approaches the third T. |
| 1:25.4 | I'm reminded of the event this weekend at Raleigh Race Track. It's |
| 1:32.7 | funny cars this Sunday, Sunday. Love approaches his shot. I can't, I can't commit to it fully. |
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