Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of March 30th, 2015.

On this week's show, we'll talk about Kentucky's close call against Notre Dame, Yukon's continued dominance and other stories from the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

We'll also discuss Abby Wambach, Hope Solo,

and the U.S. Women's National Team

as the Women's World Cup approaches.

And almost two years after Jason Collins came out

on the cover of Sports Illustrated,

will assess the state of the openly gay athlete.

Joining me in Washington, D.C. is Stefan Fatsis, author of the book's Word Freak, and A Few Seconds of Panic. Not at the same time. No. Separately. And with us from New York. And filling in for Mike Peska this week is Kate Fagan. Hello, Kate. Hi. Thanks for having me. Yeah, I've got to give your list of accomplishments here.

You're a writer for ESPNW and DSPN.com, a panelist on ESPN's Around the Horn and the author of the memoir, The Reappearing Act.

You're also one of the hosts of a new podcast for 538 called Hot Take Down.

If you like this podcast, then you'll probably like that one. So check it out on iTunes or on 538.com. I think that about covers it, Kate.

Yeah, that's pretty much it. That's not close to it. Come on. You lived on the island of Corsica.

Wow. Yeah.

You interned for the Conan O'Brien show. That was more of an accomplishment for my dad playing basketball over there than for me, as I was like four.

True.

There's a line in there in one of your bios that says that your dad had a tryout with the Celtics, but he chose to go overseas instead to play.

That's one of those stories where he tells you that and you're not really sure how accurate it is.

She basically won 10 championships rings, but declined them all.

He was like, I'm good.

But I think you really did have a tryout with them.

He had the opportunity to be cut by them, which he knew was going to happen.

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