Hang Up | Bill Belichick Doesn’t Want to Talk About It

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🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh talk about the NBA playoffs, where the Minnesota Timberwolves did a number on the Lakers. They explain why Bill Belichick and his girlfriend have become such a problem for the University of North Carolina. Finally, the Kentucky Derby and the return of the controversial trainer Bob Baffert. On the bonus episode, available exclusively to Slate plus members, the gang talks about the NHL playoffs and the Mikko Rantanen revenge tour. NBA Playoffs: 2:37 Bill Belichick: 26:36 Kentucky Derby: 40:41 (Note: time codes are only accurate for Slate Plus members, who listen ad-free.) Want more Hang Up and Listen? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page, or visit slate.com/hangupplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6	T's and C's apply. It is Monday, May 5th, 2025.
0:43.3	Welcome back to Hang Up and Listen, the sports podcast here at Slate.
0:46.3	Holding it down for you again this week.
0:48.3	My name is Alex Kirshner.
0:50.3	I'm a contributing writer for Slate, and I also co-host Split Zone Duo, a national college football podcast.
0:55.6	We will usher in a fresh month of podcasting for you with a great show.
0:59.1	We'll talk about the ouster of the Los Angeles Lakers from the NBA playoffs and some other NBA exits,
1:04.3	both on the playoff and head coach retirement fronts.
1:07.6	We will discuss Bill Belichick's embarrassing spring, which has very much become the
1:11.3	problem of the University of North Carolina before he has even coached a game there. And we'll check
1:16.3	in on the Kentucky Derby, wherein sovereignty beat journalism in a metaphor for our times on
1:21.1	Saturday. But the big story of the day was a guy in a suit who was finally allowed back into
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