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Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's national editor and the author of The Queen, and this is Hang Up and Listen for the week of May 4th, 2020.

On this week's show, we'll check in with ESPN's Chicago Bulls documentary, The Last Dance,

which is really the only sports thing we've got going for us right now, thankfully, pretty

interesting to talk about.

We'll also check in on the U.S. women's national soccer team's equal pay lawsuit,

which took a turn last week when a major ruling went against the players.

Finally, the Hang Up and Listen,

Quarantine Magazine Club reconvenes for a discussion of the 1998 Sports Illustrated cover story

on athletes and out of wedlocked children.

Where's Daddy?

The headline, we'll talk about the article and the controversy it kicked up. Hello from

Washington, D.C. I already said hello. I'm saying hello again. The view from my desk this week,

quite similar to the view from my desk. Last week, Stefan Fatsis, also in D.C., author of the

book's word freak and a few seconds of panic. Stefan, I feel like it's tradition in the intro for you to describe one item in the background

of your Zoom window here.

What is the football next to the Broncos helmet?

Oh, that's my NFL football.

I bought one NFL football to train for kicking with the Broncos. And that is it.

My football by Stefan Fatsas. Did you autograph it to yourself?

I did not. Great job kicking, Stefan, from Stefan. Also with us in Palo Alto, California,

but by way of Houston, Texas, Slate Staff Writer, host of Slow Burn,

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